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)
Paramedics
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Comparison table
| Metric | Physician Assistants | Paramedics |
|---|---|---|
| National median salary | $135,880 | $60,600 |
| Local median salary | Not published | Not published |
| National employment | 162,150 | 100,610 |
| Typical education | Master's Degree | Not recorded |
| Job zone | 5 | 3 |
| Important skills | Critical Thinking, Reading Comprehension, Speaking, Writing, Judgment and Decision Making | Service Orientation, Critical Thinking, Coordination, Social Perceptiveness, Active Listening |
| Related careers | Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses, Paramedics, Acute Care Nurses, Registered Nurses | Physician Assistants, Family Medicine Physicians, Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians, Nurse Midwives |
Career transition: skill overlap
Skill overlap
93%
13 of 14 target skills
Target-only skills
1
Current-only skills
9
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
- Service Orientation—
- Coordination—
- Social Perceptiveness—
- Critical Thinking—
- Active Listening—
- Reading Comprehension—
- Monitoring—
- Speaking—
- Judgment and Decision Making—
- Active Learning—
- Complex Problem Solving—
- Instructing—
- Persuasion—
Only in Paramedics
- Operation and Control
Only in Physician Assistants
- Writing
- Science
- Systems Evaluation
- Time Management
- Negotiation
- Learning Strategies
- Systems Analysis
- Management of Personnel Resources
- Mathematics