Health Science
The Health Science career cluster includes careers that promote health, wellness and diagnosis as well as treat injuries and diseases.
Some of the careers involve working directly with people, while others involve research into diseases or collecting and formatting data and information. Work locations are varied and may be in hospitals, medical or dental offices or laboratories, cruise ships, medivac units, sports arenas, space centers or within the community.
Health care is the largest and fastest-growing industry in the United States. The health care industry employs over 10 million workers in more than 200 careers. The current and projected health care workforce shortage is creating a health care crisis across the nation.
10 Top-Paying Health Careers in Texas
- Dentist, General
- Family and General Practitioner
- Physician Assistant
- Medical and Health Services Manager
- Physical Therapist
- Radiation Therapist
- Nuclear Medicine Technologist
- Orthotist and Prosthetist
- Diagnostic Medical Sonographer
- Registered Nurse
Note that entry-level wages are often much lower than pay for the average worker and experienced workers in each profession. Source: Texas Workforce Commission.
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