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)
General Internal Medicine Physicians
Career B (or your target career)
Hospitalists
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Comparison table
| Metric | General Internal Medicine Physicians | Hospitalists |
|---|---|---|
| National median salary | $256,560 | $265,930 |
| Local median salary | Not published | Not published |
| National employment | 67,150 | 342,720 |
| Typical education | Post-Doctoral Training | Post-Doctoral Training |
| Job zone | 5 | 5 |
| Important skills | Active Listening, Reading Comprehension, Complex Problem Solving, Speaking, Science | Active Listening, Reading Comprehension, Judgment and Decision Making, Social Perceptiveness, Complex Problem Solving |
| Related careers | Clinical Nurse Specialists, Physician Assistants, Psychiatrists, Dermatologists | Nurse 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