Overview & Salary

Overview

Diagnose, treat, and help prevent diseases and injuries in children. May refer patients to specialists for further diagnosis or treatment, as needed.

On the job, you would:

  • Prescribe or administer treatment, therapy, medication, vaccination, and other specialized medical care to treat or prevent illness, disease, or injury in infants and children.
  • Examine children regularly to assess their growth and development.
  • Treat children who have minor illnesses, acute and chronic health problems, and growth and development concerns.

Education

  • post-doctoral training
  • doctoral degree

Salary

Annual 10th percentile $85,120
Annual median $198,690
Annual 90th percentile $239,200

Knowledge & Skills

Knowledge

Health

  • medicine and dentistry
  • therapy and counseling

Math and Science

  • biology
  • psychology

Business

  • customer service
  • human resources (HR)

Arts and Humanities

  • English language

Skills

Basic Skills

  • talking to others
  • thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem

Problem Solving

  • noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it

Social

  • understanding people's reactions
  • looking for ways to help people

Personality & Abilities

Personality

Social

People interested in this work like activities that include helping people, teaching, and talking.

  • Concern for Others
  • Integrity
  • Self Control
  • Dependability
  • Attention to Detail
  • Persistence

Abilities

Verbal

  • listen and understand what people say
  • communicate by speaking

Ideas and Logic

  • make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
  • notice when problems happen

Attention

  • pay attention to something without being distracted
  • do two or more things at the same time

Visual Understanding

  • see hidden patterns
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