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Careers by Work Type
- Patient care
- Laboratory
- Support and administration
Patient care
Career | Work type | Median salary | Higher education required |
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Athletic trainer | Patient care | $49,000 | 4-6 years |
Audiologist | Patient care | $79,000 | 8 years |
Cardiac sonographer | Patient care | $78,000 | 2-6 years |
Cardiovascular invasive specialist | Patient care | $61,000 | 1-3 years |
Cardiovascular perfusionist | Patient care | $128,000 | 4-6 years |
Child life specialist | Patient care | $60,000 | 4-6 years |
Diagnostic medical sonographer | Patient care | $78,000 | 2-6 years |
Dietitian | Patient care | $62,000 | 4 years |
Emergency medicine paramedic | Patient care | $37,000 | 1-2 years |
Genetic counselor | Patient care | $80,000 | 6 years |
Hemodialysis technician | Patient care | $42,000 | Less than 1 year |
Hospital chaplain | Patient care | $52,000 | 4-6 years |
Medical massage therapist | Patient care | $47,000 | 1 year |
Medical physicist | Patient care | $152,000 | 6-8 years |
Medical social worker | Patient care | $62,000 | 4-6 years |
Medical speech-language pathologist | Patient care | $79,000 | 6-8 years |
Neurodiagnostic technologist | Patient care | $50,000 | 1-2 years |
Nuclear medicine technologist | Patient care | $79,000 | 2-4 years |
Nurse | Patient care | $78,000 | 1-8 years |
Nurse anesthetist | Patient care | $196,000 | 6-8 years |
Nurse midwife | Patient care | $113,000 | 6-8 years |
Nurse practitioner | Patient care | $121,000 | 6-8 years |
Occupational therapist | Patient care | $86,000 | 6-8 years |
Orthoptist | Patient care | $100,000 | 4-6 years |
Perioperative nurse | Patient care | $82,000 | 4-6 years |
Pharmacist | Patient care | $129,000 | 6-8 years |
Pharmacy technician | Patient care | $37,000 | 0-2 years |
Phlebotomy technician | Patient care | $37,000 | Less than 1 year |
Physical therapist | Patient care | $96,000 | 6-8 years |
Physician assistant | Patient care | $122,000 | 6-7 years |
Positron emission tomography technologist | Patient care | $79,000 | 2-4 years |
Radiation therapist | Patient care | $83,000 | 2-4 years |
Radiologic technologist | Patient care | $61,000 | 2-4 years |
Recreational therapist | Patient care | $48,000 | 2-4 years |
Respiratory therapist | Patient care | $62,000 | 2-4 years |
Surgical first assistant | Patient care | $48,000 | 2-6 years |
Surgical technologist | Patient care | $49,000 | 1-2 years |
Laboratory
Career | Work type | Median salary | Higher education required |
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Cytogenetic technologist | Laboratory | $67,000 | 4-5 years |
Cytotechnologist | Laboratory | $74,000 | 4-5 years |
Histology technician | Laboratory | $58,000 | 1-2 years |
Medical laboratory scientist | Laboratory | $58,000 | 2-4 years |
Molecular genetics technologist | Laboratory | $58,000 | 4-6 years |
Pathologists' assistant | Laboratory | $89,000 | 6-8 years |
Support and administration
Career | Work type | Median salary | Higher education required |
---|---|---|---|
Central service technician | Support and administration | $42,000 | 1-4 years |
Health information manager | Support and administration | $52,000 | 2-4 years |