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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)

Clinical Neuropsychologists

Career B (or your target career)

Physician Assistants

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Comparison table

MetricClinical NeuropsychologistsPhysician Assistants
National median salary$110,840$135,880
Local median salaryNot publishedNot published
National employment18,820162,150
Typical educationPost-Doctoral TrainingMaster's Degree
Job zone55
Important skillsActive Listening, Critical Thinking, Judgment and Decision Making, Reading Comprehension, Social PerceptivenessCritical Thinking, Reading Comprehension, Speaking, Writing, Judgment and Decision Making
Related careersAcute Care Nurses, Physician Assistants, Occupational Therapists, Orthopedic Surgeons, Except PediatricAdvanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses, Paramedics, Acute Care Nurses, Registered Nurses

Career transition: skill overlap

Skill overlap

82%

18 of 22 target skills

Target-only skills

4

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

  • Reading Comprehension
  • Critical Thinking+0.2 level
  • Speaking
  • Active Listening
  • Judgment and Decision Making
  • Service Orientation+0.1 level
  • Social Perceptiveness
  • Writing
  • Complex Problem Solving
  • Monitoring+0.1 level
  • Active Learning
  • Coordination
  • Persuasion
  • Time Management+0.3 level
  • Negotiation
  • Learning Strategies
  • Systems Analysis+0.4 level
  • Instructing+0.1 level

Only in Physician Assistants

  • Science
  • Systems Evaluation
  • Management of Personnel Resources
  • Mathematics

Only in Clinical Neuropsychologists

  • None