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Experience: Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience. For example, surgeons must complete four years of college and an additional five to seven years of specialized medical training to be able to do their job. |
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Education: Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree). |
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Training: Employees may need some on-the-job training, but most of these occupations assume that the person will already have the required skills, knowledge, work-related experience, and/or training. |
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Physician Assistants |
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Physician assistants, also known as PAs, practice medicine on teams with physicians, surgeons, and other healthcare workers. They examine, diagnose, and treat patients.
Physician assistants work in physicians' offices, hospitals, and other healthcare settings. Most work full time.
Physician assistants typically need a master's degree from an accredited educational program. All states require physician assistants to be licensed.
The median annual wage for physician assistants was $98,180 in May 2015.
Employment of physician assistants is projected to grow 30 percent from 2014 to 2024, much faster than the average for all occupations. As demand for healthcare services grows, physician assistants will be needed to provide care to patients.
Explore resources for employment and wages by state and area for physician assistants.
Compare the job duties, education, job growth, and pay of physician assistants with similar occupations.
Learn more about physician assistants by visiting additional resources, including O*NET, a source on key characteristics of workers and occupations. |
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U.S. National Figures. |
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| Physician Assistants |
| Offices of Physicians |
64,540 |
| General Medical and Surgical Hospitals |
28,050 |
| Outpatient Care Centers |
8,910 |
| Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools |
2,620 |
| Employment Services |
2,240 |
| Offices of Other Health Practitioners |
1,620 |
| Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation) |
1,590 |
| Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals |
1,440 |
| Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation) |
620 |
| Other Ambulatory Health Care Services |
560 |
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