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Diagnostic Medical Sonographers vs Physician Assistants

Compare Diagnostic Medical Sonographers and Physician Assistants side by side: median pay, job outlook, AI exposure, education, and top skills. Physician Assistants pays about $39k more.

Diagnostic Medical Sonographers

Median pay$97k
OutlookGrowing fast
AI exposureLow 9%, modeled
EducationAssociate's
Active ListeningReading ComprehensionSpeakingCritical ThinkingMonitoring

Physician Assistants

Median pay$136k
OutlookGrowing fast
AI exposureSome 33%, modeled
EducationMaster's
Active ListeningReading ComprehensionCritical ThinkingMonitoringSpeaking
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Pay and outlook: BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2024-2034). Skills: O*NET 30.3. AI exposure is a modeled estimate. How we model AI exposure.