Compare Nurse Midwives & Physician Assistants District Of Columbia

Comparison Nurse Midwives Physician Assistants
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.)

Nurse Midwives $84,500
Physician Assistants $127,100

Similar skills & knowledge

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

Sociology and Anthropology
Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins.

Speaking
Talking to others.

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

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.

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.

Service Orientation
Looking for ways to help people.

Social Perceptiveness
Understanding people's reactions.

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

Writing
Writing things for co-workers or customers.

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

Learning Strategies
Using the best training or teaching strategies for learning new things.

Mathematics
Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.

Customer and Personal Service
Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

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

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

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

Coordination
Changing what is done based on other people's actions.

Instructing
Teaching people how to do something.

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

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


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 Nurse Midwives
Nurse Midwives

Master's degree

Typical level Of training for Physician Assistants
Physician Assistants

Licensing

Many states require licenses for certain jobs. See if your selected occupation requires a license and if so, follow the link to find information for your state.

Licensing for Nurse Midwives
Nurse Midwives

License may be required in District of Columbia

Licensing for Physician Assistants
Physician Assistants

License may be required 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 Nurse Midwives
Nurse Midwives

5 related certifications

Certification for Physician Assistants
Physician Assistants

16 related certifications

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