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Specialties that raise your pay

• Clinical biochemistry

  Hospital lab leadership. Long training, the highest salaries in the field.

• Protein and antibody science

  The core of the biologic drug industry. Very hireable.

• Mass spectrometry

  Running the instruments that identify molecules. Specialists are scarce and paid for it.

• Regulatory affairs

  Getting drugs through Health Canada approval. A common move out of the lab into better pay.