Salary Range
$25,000 to $100,000+
Medical ethicists are consultants, teachers, researchers, and policymakers in the field of medical ethics, the branch of philosophy that addresses the moral issues involved in medical practice and research. Medical ethicists often work as philosophy, religion, and health teachers. There are approximately 23,100 philosophy and religious teachers, and 199,480 health specialties teachers employed in the United States.
Minimum Education Level
Master's DegreeCertification/License
RecommendedOutlook
Little Change or More Slowly than the AverageCurious
Problem-Solving
Scientific

Experienced Medical Ethicist

Entry-Level Medical Ethicist
- Adult Day Care Coordinators
- Anthropologists
- Archaeologists
- Business Managers
- Cancer Registrars
- Cardiologists
- Clinical Data Managers
- Clinical Research Coordinators
- Conservators and Conservation Technicians
- Contact Tracers
- Demographers
- Economists
- Education Directors and Museum Teachers
- Elder Law Attorneys
- Ethnoscientists
- Futurists
- Genealogists
- Geographers
- Geriatric Care Managers
- Geriatric Nurses
- Geriatric Psychiatrists
- Geriatric Social Workers
- Geriatricians
- Grief Therapists
- Health Advocates
- Health Care Consultants
- Health Care Insurance Navigators
- Health Care Managers
- Historians
- Historic Preservationists
- HIV/AIDS Counselors and Case Managers
- Home Health Care Aides
- Home Health Care and Hospice Nurses
- Hospice Workers
- Hospitalists
- Informatics Nurse Specialists
- Lexicographers
- Linguists
- Medical Record Technicians
- Medical Secretaries
- Medical Transcriptionists
- Music Therapists
- Nurse Managers
- Nursing Home Administrators
- Personal Care Aides
- Political Scientists
- Recreational Therapists
- Rehabilitation Counselors
- Senior Care Pharmacists
- Social Workers
- Sociologists
- Statisticians
- Transplant Coordinators