Medical Physicist Assistant
Impact: Patient outcomes and public health
Supports certified medical physicists by performing critical quality assurance tasks for imaging and treatment systems. Conducts equipment testing, ensures calibration, and analyzes data to maintain patient safety and system performance.
What the day looks like
- People interaction
- Moderate
- Team vs solo
- 70% Team / 30% Solo
- Client facing
- Sometimes
- Impact visibility
- High
- Travel
- Minimal to local travel between facilities may be required
- Schedule flexibility
- Structured
- Remote work
- On-site Only
- Typical work hours
- 40-45 hours/week
- Stress level
- Moderate
At a glance
- Median salary
- $100,000
- Entry-level
- $70,000 - $90,000
- Senior
- $130,000+
- Growth by 2033
- 10% (faster than average)
- Demand
- Growing
- Freelance potential
- Very Low
- Salary growth potential
- High to 85-100% growth from entry to senior
- Typical student debt
- $30,000 - $60,000
Skills you'll use
Hard skills
- Radiation Physics
- Quality Assurance
- Equipment Calibration
- Data Analysis
- Imaging Technologies
- Dosimetry
- Medical Software
- Regulatory Compliance
Soft skills
- Attention to Detail
- Problem-Solving
- Communication
- Collaboration
- Critical Thinking
- Adaptability
Technical complexity: High
How to get there
- Minimum education
- Bachelor's Degree
- Licensing
- Varies by State
- Years to mid-career
- 3-5 years
- Years to senior
- 7-10 years
- Career switching
- Hard
Where this career leads
How people arrive here
Where you can go from here
Typical progression
- Medical Physicist Assistant
- Senior Medical Physicist Assistant
- Medical Physicist (with further education/certification)
Future outlook
- Automation probability
- 20% to low risk
- AI disruption risk
- Low
- Demand trend
- Growing
How people feel about it
- Overall satisfaction
- 3.9/10
- Meaning
- 4.2/10
- Work-life balance
- 3.5/10
- Prestige
- 7.5/10
- Social perception
- High