Compare careers
Factual side-by-side attributes from the imported O*NET and BLS OEWS datasets. No career is ranked or recommended.
Career A (or your current career)
Cardiologists
Career B (or your target career)
Physician Assistants
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Comparison table
| Metric | Cardiologists | Physician Assistants |
|---|---|---|
| National median salary | $496,010 | $135,880 |
| Local median salary | Not published | Not published |
| National employment | 17,290 | 162,150 |
| Typical education | Not recorded | Master's Degree |
| Job zone | 5 | 5 |
| Important skills | Not recorded | Critical Thinking, Reading Comprehension, Speaking, Writing, Judgment and Decision Making |
| Related careers | Nurse Practitioners, Acute Care Nurses, Physician Assistants, Anesthesiologist Assistants | Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses, Paramedics, Acute Care Nurses, Registered Nurses |
Career transition: skill overlap
Skill overlap
0%
0 of 22 target skills
Target-only skills
22
Current-only skills
0
Skill overlap compares O*NET skills rated at importance 3.0 or above for each occupation. It is a measure of listed skill overlap, not a probability of getting the job.
Shared skills
- None
Only in Physician Assistants
- Reading Comprehension
- Critical Thinking
- Speaking
- Active Listening
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Service Orientation
- Social Perceptiveness
- Writing
- Complex Problem Solving
- Monitoring
- Active Learning
- Science
- Systems Evaluation
- Coordination
- Persuasion
- Time Management
- Negotiation
- Learning Strategies
- Systems Analysis
- Instructing
- Management of Personnel Resources
- Mathematics
Only in Cardiologists
- None