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)
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
Career B (or your target career)
Emergency Medicine Physicians
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Comparison table
| Metric | Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | Emergency Medicine Physicians |
|---|---|---|
| National median salary | $45,930 | $335,550 |
| Local median salary | Not published | Not published |
| National employment | 961,610 | 32,880 |
| Typical education | High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED) | Post-Doctoral Training |
| Job zone | 2 | 5 |
| Important skills | Speaking, Active Listening, Service Orientation, Reading Comprehension, Coordination | Critical Thinking, Active Listening, Reading Comprehension, Social Perceptiveness, Speaking |
| Related careers | Emergency Medicine Physicians, Billing and Posting Clerks, Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars, Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs | Critical Care Nurses, Clinical Nurse Specialists, Neurologists, Registered Nurses |
Career transition: skill overlap
Skill overlap
55%
11 of 20 target skills
Target-only skills
9
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
- Critical Thinking+1.8 level
- Active Listening+1.1 level
- Social Perceptiveness+1.8 level
- Speaking+0.6 level
- Reading Comprehension+2.0 level
- Writing+1.1 level
- Monitoring+1.4 level
- Service Orientation+1.0 level
- Complex Problem Solving+1.6 level
- Coordination+1.4 level
- Time Management+0.2 level
Only in Emergency Medicine Physicians
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Active Learning
- Learning Strategies
- Instructing
- Persuasion
- Negotiation
- Systems Analysis
- Systems Evaluation
- Science
Only in Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
- None