Field
Healthcare
What is this page & how do I use it?
This is a sector view — every healthcare career CareerStar rates, on the same neutral baseline, with field-level stats up top so you can size up the whole field at a glance.
How to use it: the table is ranked best-first. Click any career for its full report, and watch the moat column — 🏰 wide means well-shielded from AI, — means broadly exposed.
Careers
48
Median score
58
Avg growth
+8.7%
Wide moats
18/48
Every healthcare career, on a neutral baseline · median pay $88k · click a career for its full report · moat = how shielded from AI (🏰 wide = well-defended, 🛡 narrow = some shelter, — = broadly exposed)
| Career | Rating | Moat | Growth | Pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse anesthetists | ★5.0 · 75 | 🏰 Wide | +8.6% | $223k |
| Physical therapists | ★5.0 · 72 | 🏰 Wide | +10.9% | $101k |
| Physician assistants | ★5.0 · 72 | 🏰 Wide | +20.4% | $133k |
| Veterinarians | ★5.0 · 72 | 🏰 Wide | +9.6% | $126k |
| Occupational therapists | ★5.0 · 70 | 🏰 Wide | +13.8% | $98k |
| Optometrists | ★5.0 · 70 | 🏰 Wide | +8% | $135k |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers | ★5.0 · 69 | 🛡 Narrow | +13% | $89k |
| Nurse midwives | ★5.0 · 69 | 🏰 Wide | +11.1% | $129k |
| Nurse practitioners | ★5.0 · 69 | 🛡 Narrow | +40.1% | $129k |
| Respiratory therapists | ★5.0 · 69 | 🛡 Narrow | +12.1% | $80k |
| Dental hygienists | ★5.0 · 68 | — | +7% | $94k |
| Orthotists and prosthetists | ★5.0 · 67 | 🏰 Wide | +13.3% | $78k |
| Speech-language pathologists | ★5.0 · 66 | 🛡 Narrow | +15% | $95k |
| Acupuncturists | ★5.0 · 65 | 🏰 Wide | +6.8% | $78k |
| Dentists, general | ★5.0 · 64 | 🏰 Wide | +4.1% | $173k |
| Hearing aid specialists | ★5.0 · 64 | 🏰 Wide | +18.4% | $62k |
| Magnetic resonance imaging technologists | ★5.0 · 64 | 🛡 Narrow | +7.1% | $88k |
| Audiologists | ★5.0 · 63 | 🛡 Narrow | +9.5% | $92k |
| Genetic counselors | ★5.0 · 63 | 🛡 Narrow | +9.3% | $99k |
| Chiropractors | ★5.0 · 61 | 🛡 Narrow | +9.5% | $79k |
| Pharmacists | ★4.5 · 60 | 🛡 Narrow | +4.6% | $137k |
| Registered nurses | ★4.5 · 60 | 🏰 Wide | +4.9% | $94k |
| Athletic trainers | ★4.5 · 59 | 🛡 Narrow | +11.1% | $60k |
| Exercise physiologists | ★4.5 · 58 | 🛡 Narrow | +9.5% | $58k |
| Surgical assistants | ★4.5 · 57 | 🛡 Narrow | +5.1% | $60k |
| General internal medicine physicians | ★4.5 · 56 | 🏰 Wide | +3.3% | $236k |
| Medical dosimetrists | ★4.5 · 56 | 🛡 Narrow | +3.5% | $138k |
| Surgical technologists | ★4.5 · 56 | 🏰 Wide | +4.5% | $63k |
| Health information technologists and medical registrars | ★4.5 · 55 | — | +14.7% | $67k |
| Family medicine physicians | ★4.5 · 54 | 🏰 Wide | +2.7% | $238k |
| Nuclear medicine technologists | ★4.5 · 54 | 🛡 Narrow | +3% | $97k |
| Psychiatric technicians | ★4.5 · 54 | 🏰 Wide | +20% | $43k |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | ★4.5 · 54 | — | +4.3% | $78k |
| Paramedics | ★4.0 · 53 | 🛡 Narrow | +5% | $58k |
| Podiatrists | ★4.0 · 53 | 🛡 Narrow | +1.8% | $153k |
| Dietitians and nutritionists | ★4.0 · 52 | 🛡 Narrow | +5.5% | $74k |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians | ★4.0 · 52 | 🛡 Narrow | +9.1% | $46k |
| Ophthalmic medical technicians | ★4.0 · 51 | — | +19.8% | $44k |
| Radiation therapists | ★4.0 · 51 | 🛡 Narrow | +1.9% | $102k |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians | ★3.5 · 47 | — | +3% | $67k |
| Pediatricians, general | ★3.5 · 47 | 🏰 Wide | +0.8% | $210k |
| Medical records specialists | ★3.5 · 46 | — | +7.1% | $50k |
| Recreational therapists | ★3.5 · 46 | 🏰 Wide | +3.3% | $60k |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | ★3.5 · 45 | 🛡 Narrow | +2.6% | $62k |
| Pharmacy technicians | ★3.5 · 44 | — | +6.4% | $43k |
| Emergency medical technicians | ★3.5 · 43 | — | +5.1% | $41k |
| Opticians, dispensing | ★3.0 · 37 | 🛡 Narrow | +2.9% | $47k |
| Dietetic technicians | ★2.0 · 29 | — | +2.5% | $37k |