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Medical Dosimetrist

Medical Dosimetrist profiles score highest on Safety-Seeking and Analyzing. This page covers what the work involves, what the trait profile looks like, what it pays, and where the fit tends to break.

Median pay
$147,470per year, U.S. BLS 2025
Entry education
Bachelor's degreetypical for the occupation

SOURCE · O*NET 29-2036.00 and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Figures are national and vary widely by state and setting.

What the work involves

Generate radiation treatment plans, develop radiation dose calculations, communicate and supervise the treatment plan implementation, and consult with members of radiation oncology team.

Skills rated most important

Critical Thinking78
Active Listening75
Reading Comprehension75
Speaking72
Writing69

Work context

Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams95
Spend Time Sitting95
Indoors, Environmentally Controlled94
Contact With Others73
Spend Time Standing20
Spend Time Walking or Running11
Spend Time Bending or Twisting Your Body9
Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled1
Spend Time Keeping or Regaining Balance1
Spend Time Climbing Ladders, Scaffolds, or Poles0
Spend Time Kneeling, Crouching, Stooping, or Crawling0

O*NET importance and frequency ratings, 0–100.

The trait profile

Where Medical Dosimetrist profiles sit on the eleven Haliscope traits, derived from O*NET’s published interest and work-style data.

Safety-Seeking74
Analyzing71
Organizing66
Law-Abiding64
Exploring62
Operating60
Persevering60
Harmonizing44
Helping43
Influencing21
Creating7

Who it fits, and who it doesn’t

Strong signals

  • High Analyzing. Measures your drive to understand systems and solve problems. High scorers are knowledge-seeking, strategic thinkers who enjoy investigating and finding solutions.
  • Low Creating. Measures your inclination toward original thinking and artistic expression. High scorers generate innovative ideas and find rigid structure limiting.
  • Low Influencing. Measures your drive to lead, persuade, and shape outcomes. High scorers are confident communicators who naturally take charge and direct others.
  • High Organizing. Measures your preference for structure, detail, and systematic processes. High scorers excel at creating order, optimizing workflows, and maintaining precision.
  • High Safety-Seeking. Measures your preference for stability and predictability. High scorers value security, prefer familiar environments, and carefully weigh risks before acting.

Friction points

  • Low Analyzing. Measures your drive to understand systems and solve problems. High scorers are knowledge-seeking, strategic thinkers who enjoy investigating and finding solutions.
  • High Creating. Measures your inclination toward original thinking and artistic expression. High scorers generate innovative ideas and find rigid structure limiting.
  • High Influencing. Measures your drive to lead, persuade, and shape outcomes. High scorers are confident communicators who naturally take charge and direct others.
  • Low Organizing. Measures your preference for structure, detail, and systematic processes. High scorers excel at creating order, optimizing workflows, and maintaining precision.
  • Low Safety-Seeking. Measures your preference for stability and predictability. High scorers value security, prefer familiar environments, and carefully weigh risks before acting.

These are what the occupation’s profile says, not a hiring criterion. Haliscope is not validated for hiring or screening, and none of these is disqualifying — they are where a fit most often breaks.

Getting in

Entry education: Bachelor's degree.

Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.

O*NET Job Zone descriptions, U.S. Department of Labor.

Exposure to AI

How much of this work AI can already do, and how much AI tools help the people doing it, is scored task by task in the AI Risk Index.

Will AI replace Medical Dosimetrist?

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