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Careers and Salary Data

This table shows summary data on occupations in the US. Clicking on any occupation name brings you to a page showing job prospects and salaries for that occupation in hundreds of metro areas across the country, with data updated through 2008.(Where data is denoted by an asterisk (*), summary info was not available.

The green bars in the table below indicate the relative salary levels and growth rates of each occupation, compared to the others. The levels are determined by sorting the occupations (by salary or growth rate, separately) and then dividing them into ten groups corresponding to the the ten possible green bar levels. So a single bar means the occupation is in the bottom 10% for that characteristic compared to others on this page.

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Allied Health

Occupation	Jobs	Median Pay	% Growth 2006-2016	Video
Athletic Trainers	15,070	$39,640	24.3%
Cardiovascular Techs	48,040	$47,010	25.5%
Dental Assistants	293,090	$32,380	29.2%
Dental Hygienists	173,090	$66,570	30.1%
Dental Laboratory Technicians	42,640	$34,170	3.7%
Dietetic Technicians	24,620	$26,080	14.8%
Dietitians and Nutritionists	53,630	$50,590	8.6%
EMT and Paramedics	207,610	$29,330	19.2%
Health Technologists and Technicians	74,990	$37,950	15%
Home Health Aides	892,410	$20,460	48.7%
Medical Assistants	475,950	$28,300	35.4%
Medical Lab Technicians	149,670	$35,380	15%
Medical Lab Technologists	166,510	$53,500	12.4%
Nuclear Medicine Technologists	21,200	$66,660	14.8%
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	53,250	$62,250	8.1%
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians	10,540	$45,360	14.6%
Occupational Therapists	94,800	$66,780	23.1%
Opticians	59,470	$32,810	8.7%
Optometrists	25,970	$96,320	11.3%
Orthotists and Prosthetists	5,490	$62,590	11.8%
Pharmacists	266,410	$106,410	21.7%
Pharmacy Aides	53,190	$20,100	-11%
Pharmacy Technicians	324,110	$27,710	32%
Physician Assistants	71,950	$81,230	27%
Psychiatric Technicians	54,800	$29,250	-3.2%
Radiation Therapists	14,850	$72,910	24.8%
Radiologic Tech	208,570	$52,210	15.1%
Recreational Therapists	22,510	$38,370	3.7%
Respiratory Therapists	103,870	$52,200	22.6%
Respiratory Therapy Technicians	16,210	$42,430	0.9%
Sonographers	48,920	$61,980	19.1%
Speech Pathologists	107,340	$62,930	10.6%
Surgical Technologists	89,600	$38,740	24.5%