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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)

General Internal Medicine Physicians

Career B (or your target career)

Hospitalists

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Comparison table

MetricGeneral Internal Medicine PhysiciansHospitalists
National median salary$256,560$265,930
Local median salaryNot publishedNot published
National employment67,150342,720
Typical educationPost-Doctoral TrainingPost-Doctoral Training
Job zone55
Important skillsActive Listening, Reading Comprehension, Complex Problem Solving, Speaking, ScienceActive Listening, Reading Comprehension, Judgment and Decision Making, Social Perceptiveness, Complex Problem Solving
Related careersClinical Nurse Specialists, Physician Assistants, Psychiatrists, DermatologistsNurse Midwives, Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses, Psychiatrists, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians

Career transition: skill overlap

Skill overlap

95%

21 of 22 target skills

Target-only skills

1

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

  • Judgment and Decision Making+0.1 level
  • Speaking+0.3 level
  • Active Listening+0.4 level
  • Critical Thinking—
  • Active Learning+0.9 level
  • Reading Comprehension+0.1 level
  • Social Perceptiveness+0.9 level
  • Complex Problem Solving+0.3 level
  • Service Orientation+0.1 level
  • Monitoring+0.4 level
  • Writing+0.3 level
  • Coordination+0.5 level
  • Science—
  • Time Management+0.2 level
  • Learning Strategies+0.4 level
  • Persuasion—
  • Instructing+0.8 level
  • Systems Analysis+0.4 level
  • Systems Evaluation+0.3 level
  • Management of Personnel Resources—
  • Negotiation—

Only in Hospitalists

  • Mathematics

Only in General Internal Medicine Physicians

  • None