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 Transcriptionists

Career B (or your target career)

Emergency Medicine Physicians

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Comparison table

MetricMedical TranscriptionistsEmergency Medicine Physicians
National median salary$40,410$335,550
Local median salaryNot publishedNot published
National employment41,55032,880
Typical educationPost-Secondary CertificatePost-Doctoral Training
Job zone35
Important skillsActive Listening, Reading Comprehension, Writing, Monitoring, Judgment and Decision MakingCritical Thinking, Active Listening, Reading Comprehension, Social Perceptiveness, Speaking
Related careersEmergency Medicine Physicians, Diagnostic Medical Sonographers, Neurodiagnostic Technologists, PhlebotomistsCritical Care Nurses, Clinical Nurse Specialists, Neurologists, Registered Nurses

Career transition: skill overlap

Skill overlap

40%

8 of 20 target skills

Target-only skills

12

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+1.6 level
  • Active Listening+0.5 level
  • Speaking+1.1 level
  • Reading Comprehension+1.1 level
  • Judgment and Decision Making+1.9 level
  • Writing+0.5 level
  • Monitoring+1.4 level
  • Time Management+0.4 level

Only in Emergency Medicine Physicians

  • Social Perceptiveness
  • Service Orientation
  • Complex Problem Solving
  • Coordination
  • Active Learning
  • Learning Strategies
  • Instructing
  • Persuasion
  • Negotiation
  • Systems Analysis
  • Systems Evaluation
  • Science

Only in Medical Transcriptionists

  • None