Center for Health Workforce at Mason

Career

Work type

Median salary

Higher education required

Athletic trainer

Patient care

$48,000

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

Central service technician

Support and administration

$42,000

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

$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

Health information manager

Support and administration

$52,000

2-4 years

Hemodialysis technician

Patient care

$42,000

Less than 1 year

Histology technician

Laboratory

$58,000

1-2 years

Hospital chaplain

Patient care

$52,000

4-6 years

Medical laboratory scientist

Laboratory

$58,000

2-4 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

Molecular genetics technologist

Laboratory

$58,000

4-6 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

Pathologists' assistant

Laboratory

$89,000

6-8 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