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
| Metric | Medical Transcriptionists | Emergency Medicine Physicians |
|---|---|---|
| National median salary | $40,410 | $335,550 |
| Local median salary | Not published | Not published |
| National employment | 41,550 | 32,880 |
| Typical education | Post-Secondary Certificate | Post-Doctoral Training |
| Job zone | 3 | 5 |
| Important skills | Active Listening, Reading Comprehension, Writing, Monitoring, Judgment and Decision Making | Critical Thinking, Active Listening, Reading Comprehension, Social Perceptiveness, Speaking |
| Related careers | Emergency Medicine Physicians, Diagnostic Medical Sonographers, Neurodiagnostic Technologists, Phlebotomists | Critical 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