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Specialties that raise your pay

• Clinical microbiology

  Directing a hospital lab. Long training, best pay outside industry.

• Molecular methods

  Genetic testing to identify organisms in hours instead of days. The fastest growing skill in the field.

• Sterile manufacturing

  Vaccine and injectable drug plants. Strict rules, strong pay.

• Fermentation science

  Brewing, cheese, yogurt and industrial enzymes. Fun, and there are more jobs than people expect.