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)
Physician Assistants
Career B (or your target career)
Anesthesiologists
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Comparison table
| Metric | Physician Assistants | Anesthesiologists |
|---|---|---|
| National median salary | $135,880 | $391,490 |
| Local median salary | Not published | Not published |
| National employment | 162,150 | 38,760 |
| Typical education | Master's Degree | Post-Doctoral Training |
| Job zone | 5 | 5 |
| Important skills | Critical Thinking, Reading Comprehension, Speaking, Writing, Judgment and Decision Making | Critical Thinking, Judgment and Decision Making, Monitoring, Reading Comprehension, Science |
| Related careers | Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses, Paramedics, Acute Care Nurses, Registered Nurses | Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric, Respiratory Therapists, Registered Nurses, Family Medicine Physicians |
Career transition: skill overlap
Skill overlap
95%
21 of 22 target skills
Target-only skills
1
Current-only skills
1
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—
- Judgment and Decision Making+0.3 level
- Reading Comprehension+0.3 level
- Monitoring+0.3 level
- Science+0.1 level
- Social Perceptiveness—
- Speaking—
- Complex Problem Solving+0.1 level
- Active Listening—
- Writing—
- Time Management+0.1 level
- Active Learning—
- Instructing—
- Service Orientation—
- Learning Strategies+0.2 level
- Coordination—
- Management of Personnel Resources+0.5 level
- Systems Analysis—
- Systems Evaluation—
- Persuasion—
- Mathematics+0.3 level
Only in Anesthesiologists
- Operations Monitoring
Only in Physician Assistants
- Negotiation