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Careers A-Z
Your health care career search starts here. Check out details about more than 40 jobs in health care and medicine, with trusted information from Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science.
| Career | Work type | Median salary | Higher education required |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athletic trainer | Patient care | $50,000 | 4-6 years |
| Audiologist | Patient care | $81,000 | 8 years |
| Cardiac sonographer | Patient care | $75,000 | 2-6 years |
| Cardiovascular invasive specialist | Patient care | $59,000 | 1-3 years |
| Cardiovascular perfusionist | Patient care | $124,000 | 4-6 years |
| Central service technician | Support and administration | $37,000 | 1-4 years |
| Child life specialist | Patient care | $60,000 | 4-6 years |
| Cytogenetic technologist | Laboratory | $67,000 | 4-5 years |
| Cytotechnologist | Laboratory | $74,000 | 4-5 years |
| Diagnostic medical sonographer | Patient care | $76,000 | 2-6 years |
| Dietitian | Patient care | $63,000 | 4 years |
| Emergency medicine paramedic | Patient care | $37,000 | 1-2 years |
| Genetic counselor | Patient care | $86,000 | 6 years |
| Health information manager | Support and administration | $44,000 | 2-4 years |
| Hemodialysis technician | Patient care | $41,000 | Less than 1 year |
| Histology technician | Laboratory | $54,000 | 1-2 years |
| Hospital chaplain | Patient care | $49,000 | 4-6 years |
| Medical laboratory scientist | Laboratory | $54,000 | 2-4 years |
| Medical massage therapist | Patient care | $44,000 | 1 year |
| Medical physicist | Patient care | $129,000 | 6-8 years |
| Medical social worker | Patient care | $58,000 | 4-6 years |
| Medical speech-language pathologist | Patient care | $80,000 | 6-8 years |
| Molecular genetics technologist | Laboratory | $54,000 | 4-6 years |
| Neurodiagnostic technologist | Patient care | $59,000 | 1-2 years |
| Nuclear medicine technologist | Patient care | $79,000 | 2-4 years |
| Nurse | Patient care | $75,000 | 1-8 years |
| Nurse anesthetist | Patient care | $183,000 | 6-8 years |
| Nurse midwife | Patient care | $112,000 | 6-8 years |
| Nurse practitioner | Patient care | $112,000 | 6-8 years |
| Occupational therapist | Patient care | $86,000 | 6-8 years |
| Orthoptist | Patient care | $82,000 | 4-6 years |
| Pathologists' assistant | Laboratory | $86,000 | 6-8 years |
| Perioperative nurse | Patient care | $79,000 | 4-6 years |
| Pharmacist | Patient care | $129,000 | 6-8 years |
| Pharmacy technician | Patient care | $35,000 | 0-2 years |
| Phlebotomy technician | Patient care | $36,000 | Less than 1 year |
| Physical therapist | Patient care | $91,000 | 6-8 years |
| Physician assistant | Patient care | $115,000 | 6-7 years |
| Positron emission tomography technologist | Patient care | $79,000 | 2-4 years |
| Radiation therapist | Patient care | $87,000 | 2-4 years |
| Radiologic technologist | Patient care | $64,000 | 2-4 years |
| Recreational therapist | Patient care | $48,000 | 2-4 years |
| Respiratory therapist | Patient care | $63,000 | 2-4 years |
| Surgical first assistant | Patient care | $52,000 | 2-6 years |
| Surgical technologist | Patient care | $50,000 | 1-2 years |