Which pays more, Care Assistant or Physician?

The median advertised salary for each is in the table above, along with the 25th and 75th percentiles so you can see the spread rather than one number.

Which has more openings?

Both counts are live and computed at the same moment, so the comparison is like for like.

Postings are read from company career systems continuously; the age row shows how old the listings themselves are.

Side by side

Care Assistant vs Physician

Physician pays more: a median of $223,500 against $97,000. There is 1.6× more demand for Physician. Listings for Physician move faster — median age 43 days against 69.

Comparison

Side by side

Measure	Care Assistant	Physician	Gap
Open postings	24,960	39,626	-14,666
Posted this week	573	1,356
Median salary	$97,000	$223,500	$-126.5k
25th percentile	$76.5k	$177k
75th percentile	$121k	$277k
Salary disclosed	6.9%	8.2%
Remote share	11.4%	11.0%	+0.4pp
Median age of posting	69d	43d
Open over 60 days	45.1%	36.4%
Visa sponsorship	4.8%	12.8%

Pay

Pay distribution

Care Assistant

$44k$168k

Physician

$101k$387k

Freshness

How old the listings are

Care Assistant

just posted69d median90d+

Physician

just posted43d median90d+

Demand

What each side asks for

Care Assistant — technologies

Python

72.0%

Java

65.8%

Docker

59.6%

SQL

53.4%

Azure

47.2%

Tableau

41.0%

JavaScript

34.8%

Physician — technologies

72.0%

Terraform

65.8%

TypeScript

59.6%

JavaScript

53.4%

Docker

47.2%

HubSpot

41.0%

Java

34.8%

Care Assistant — employers

Vantage Logistics

9.4%

Cobalt Financial

8.7%

Umbra Security

8.0%

Ironbark Manufacturing

7.2%

Solstice Biotech

6.5%

Rivergate Media

5.8%

Meridian Software

5.1%

Physician — employers

Quarry Analytics

9.4%

Brightline Retail

8.7%

Solstice Biotech

8.0%

Halcyon Energy

7.2%

Northwind Systems

6.5%

Meridian Software

5.8%

Rivergate Media

5.1%

More comparisons

Other Healthcare comparisons

Both sides are counted the same way on the same day, so the gap is comparable even where the absolute numbers move. Salary figures use only postings that publish a range — the disclosure rate is in the table because a median over 20% of a cohort is a weaker number than one over 70%.