Compare Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists & Molecular and Cellular Biologists District Of Columbia

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Salary

View the mid-level salary in both your current job and your selected occupation. (Annual salaries apply to people who work full-time year-round.)

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists $100,200
Molecular and Cellular Biologists $108,200

Similar skills & knowledge

These skills are commonly used in both your current job and your selected occupation.

Complex Problem Solving
Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.

Active Learning
Figuring out how to use new ideas or things.

Operations Analysis
Figuring out what a product or service needs to be able to do.

Systems Analysis
Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it.

Systems Evaluation
Measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it.

Computers and Electronics
Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

Management of Personnel Resources
Selecting and managing the best workers for a job.

Science
Using scientific rules and strategies to solve problems.

Instructing
Teaching people how to do something.

Writing
Writing things for co-workers or customers.

Critical Thinking
Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.

Social Perceptiveness
Understanding people's reactions.

Mathematics
Using math to solve problems.

Time Management
Managing your time and the time of other people.

Monitoring
Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements.

English Language
Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

Administration and Management
Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.

Biology
Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.

Judgment and Decision Making
Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one.

Active Listening
Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.


skills & knowledge Gaps

These are areas where you might have skill gaps. People working in your selected job generally need higher levels in these skill and knowledge areas than people working in your current job.

Education and Training Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
Medium
Education and Training Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Molecular and Cellular Biologists
Molecular and Cellular Biologists
High

Education and Training
Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.

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Personnel and Human Resources Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
Very Low
Personnel and Human Resources Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Molecular and Cellular Biologists
Molecular and Cellular Biologists
Medium

Personnel and Human Resources
Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.

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Typical Level Of Training

See how much education people typically have in your selected job, and then use the link to find training programs in your local area.

Typical level Of training for Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists

Doctoral or professional degree

Typical level Of training for Molecular and Cellular Biologists
Molecular and Cellular Biologists

Licensing

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Licensing for Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists

No license found in District of Columbia

Licensing for Molecular and Cellular Biologists
Molecular and Cellular Biologists

No license found in District of Columbia


Certification

Certifications help you get ahead or qualify for different jobs. You usually have to pass a test to earn one, and then you can show employers that you have the skills and knowledge needed to do well on the job.

Certification for Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists

9 related certifications

Certification for Molecular and Cellular Biologists
Molecular and Cellular Biologists

4 related certifications

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