Medical consultants act as advisers to other medical professionals.

Medical Consultants Median Salary: $44,000

Medical consultants brought home a median yearly pay of $44,000 in 2010 for their work as vital members of booming economies nationwide. If you break that yearly pay down, medical consultants brought home $21.10 an hour that year. Locale can play a big role in how much you take home, but it's nothing compared to how much incomes fluctuate because of education and experience, which means good training is most certainly essential.

An estimated 55,720 individuals worked as medical consultants in 2010, as the U.S. Department of Labor reports. Successful medical consultants are generally known to be conventional, investigative, and enterprising. If you are aiming to move up in this field, it's vital to have the right mix of traits and fantastic training.

Medical consultants are frequently skilled in: Problem Sensitivity Oral Expression Speech Clarity Selective Attention Speech Recognition

Successful medical consultants regularly exhibit traits like: Adaptability/Flexibility Integrity Initiative

It's helpful for medical consultants to be familiar with subjects like: Computers and Electronics Education and Training Mathematics Customer and Personal Service Administration and Management

Getting the right training is essential for success as a medical consultant. You need to prepared when you're asked to begin , all typical daily tasks. Keep reading for more info on medical consultants, including incomes and job density for metro areas all over the United States.

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Alabama

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Birmingham	290	$26,400	$12.70	$45,400	$21.80	39%
Dothan	50	NA	NA	NA	NA	104.1%
Mobile	100	$24,200	$11.60	$33,300	$16.00	40.6%

Alaska

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Anchorage	120	$71,400	$34.30	$82,700	$39.70	66.9%

Arizona

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Flagstaff	30	$41,100	$19.80	$52,900	$25.40	25.8%
Phoenix	740	$38,800	$18.60	$51,400	$24.70	-0.2%
Tucson	180	$36,400	$17.50	$55,100	$26.50	16%

Arkansas

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Fort Smith	40	$32,700	$15.70	$54,700	$26.30	-30.6%
Little Rock	60	$28,300	$13.60	$42,000	$20.20	-59.4%

California

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Fresno	280	$66,500	$32.00	$91,400	$44.00	101.6%
Los Angeles (Area)	2,350	$65,800	$31.60	$88,400	$42.50	3.4%
Madera	80	$60,100	$28.90	$97,200	$46.70	422.1%
Modesto	110	$69,600	$33.40	$92,900	$44.70	71%
Oakland	950	$67,200	$32.30	$92,900	$44.70	126.9%
Oxnard	140	$56,700	$27.30	$80,700	$38.80	16.2%
Riverside	630	$68,500	$33.00	$83,500	$40.20	25.8%
Sacramento	620	$93,500	$44.90	$116,100	$55.80	73.5%
Salinas	NA	$78,200	$37.60	$91,700	$44.10	NA
San Diego	760	$77,000	$37.00	$92,100	$44.30	39.5%
San Francisco (Area)	1,540	$65,100	$31.30	$94,100	$45.20	84.7%
San Francisco (City)	590	$60,100	$28.90	$99,400	$47.80	42.2%
San Jose	600	$53,000	$25.50	$92,300	$44.40	58.9%
Santa Barbara	60	NA	NA	NA	NA	-21%
Santa Cruz	40	$40,300	$19.40	$57,800	$27.80	20.1%
Santa Rosa	80	$59,800	$28.70	$81,600	$39.30	7.8%
Vallejo	NA	$40,300	$19.40	$84,100	$40.50	NA
Visalia	70	$45,400	$21.80	$62,300	$30.00	21.5%

Colorado

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Colorado Springs	50	$34,500	$16.60	$43,900	$21.10	-53.4%
Denver	270	$69,100	$33.20	$95,900	$46.10	-48.4%

Connecticut

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Hartford	180	$52,600	$25.30	$84,700	$40.70	-25.1%
New Haven	180	$45,600	$21.90	$90,600	$43.50	25.3%

District of Columbia

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Washington (Area)	2,230	$64,600	$31.00	$106,800	$51.40	79%

Florida

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Cape Coral	NA	$39,600	$19.10	$43,800	$21.00	NA
Jacksonville	50	$53,800	$25.90	$59,300	$28.50	-78.3%
Miami (Area)	520	$32,700	$15.70	$52,100	$25.10	-45%
Orlando	210	$27,200	$13.10	$39,800	$19.20	-50.5%
Palm Bay	80	$29,000	$13.90	$48,200	$23.20	-1.6%
Pensacola	NA	$47,900	$23.00	$54,200	$26.10	NA
Port St. Lucie	NA	$30,600	$14.70	$101,500	$48.80	NA
Tallahassee	50	$25,600	$12.30	$40,200	$19.30	-22.8%
Tampa	410	$37,100	$17.80	$82,000	$39.40	-13.5%

Georgia

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Atlanta	570	$52,600	$25.30	$77,700	$37.40	-40.6%
Columbus	100	$32,000	$15.40	$63,500	$30.50	105.5%

Hawaii

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Honolulu	150	$46,400	$22.30	$68,500	$32.90	-16%

Illinois

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Champaign	40	$54,900	$26.40	$62,300	$30.00	0.5%
Chicago (Area)	4,420	$37,300	$17.90	$59,300	$28.50	141.8%
Rockford	NA	$35,400	$17.00	$43,400	$20.90	NA
Springfield	NA	$83,300	$40.10	$91,000	$43.70	NA

Indiana

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Evansville	50	$28,200	$13.60	$33,400	$16.00	-36.1%
Fort Wayne	80	$30,400td>$14.60$35,500$17.10-11.9%
Indianapolis	1,430	NA	NA	NA	NA	283.1%
Lafayette	NA	$29,500	$14.20	$44,800	$21.50	NA
Terre Haute	NA	$32,500	$15.70	$63,400	$30.50	NA

Iowa

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Davenport	60	$45,300	$21.80	$60,600	$29.20	-26.7%
Des Moines	160	$51,400	$24.70	$75,100	$36.10	15.8%
Waterloo	230	$18,000	$8.60	$19,300	$9.30	521.5%

Kansas

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Manhattan	NA	$41,600	$20.00	$45,500	$21.90	NA
Topeka	100	$52,600	$25.30	$88,400	$42.50	123.3%
Wichita	NA	$36,800	$17.70	$59,000	$28.40	NA

Kentucky

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Lexington	50	$66,900	$32.20	$99,900	$48.00	-47.9%
Louisville	NA	$48,000	$23.10	$75,200	$36.20	NA

Louisiana

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Alexandria	90	$35,800	$17.20	$64,400	$31.00	215.8%
Baton Rouge	430	$28,200	$13.60	$37,400	$18.00	176.7%
Lafayette	70	$64,000	$30.80	$82,600	$39.70	13%
Monroe	50	$53,700	$25.80	$67,400	$32.40	46.3%
New Orleans	NA	$35,900	$17.30	$44,500	$21.40	NA

Maine

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Portland	100	$42,400	$20.40	$51,700	$24.80	16.2%

Maryland

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Baltimore	830	$49,400	$23.70	$85,500	$41.10	53.9%

Massachusetts

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Boston (Area)	460	$56,800	$27.30	$79,200	$38.10	-56.6%

Michigan

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Detroit (Area)	690	$43,100	$20.70	$57,100	$27.50	-6.2%
Flint	70	$62,500	$30.00	$81,000	$39.00	33.8%
Grand Rapids	290	$45,200	$21.70	$61,600	$29.60	85.8%
Kalamazoo	50	$37,500	$18.00	$53,300	$25.60	-3.9%
Lansing	NA	$37,400	$18.00	$54,600	$26.30	NA

Minnesota

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Minneapolis	740	$59,500	$28.60	$78,400	$37.70	1.4%
Rochester	100	$82,300	$39.60	$93,200	$44.80	124.7%

Mississippi

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Gulfport	40	$28,000	$13.50	$33,700	$16.20	-8.9%
Jackson	50	$27,500	$13.20	$52,500	$25.30	-53.9%

Missouri

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Columbia	40	$29,200	$14.10	$57,900	$27.90	22.1%
Kansas City	240	$44,000	$21.20	$75,700	$36.40	-43.4%
Springfield	60	$74,100	$35.60	$90,500	$43.50	-26%
St. Louis	700	$31,000	$14.90	$61,500	$29.60	27.2%

Nebraska

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Lincoln	60	$36,200	$17.40	$49,900	$24.00	-8.2%
Omaha	120	$46,700	$22.40	$96,000	$46.10	-37.7%

Nevada

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Las Vegas	200	$46,900	$22.50	$85,900	$41.30	-44.7%
Reno	40	$45,900	$22.10	$91,400	$44.00	-46.3%

New Hampshire

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Manchester	90	$66,500	$32.00	$79,100	$38.00	105.3%

New Mexico

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Albuquerque	530	$30,600	$14.70	$37,100	$17.90	224.4%
Farmington	NA	$22,600	$10.90	$24,100	$11.60	NA
Santa Fe	110	$29,900	$14.40	$50,300	$24.20	295%

New York

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Albany	80	$70,100	$33.70	$89,300	$42.90	-58.9%
Buffalo	100	$75,700	$36.40	$89,400	$43.00	-56.2%
New York (Area)	1,260	$68,900	$33.10	$88,600	$42.60	-64.6%
Poughkeepsie	60	$75,800	$36.50	$87,500	$42.10	-47.3%
Rochester	70	NA	NA	NA	NA	-67.1%
Syracuse	120	$53,500	$25.70	$63,700	$30.60	-12.1%

North Carolina

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Asheville	100	$33,400	$16.10	$40,300	$19.40	32%
Burlington	50	$42,700	$20.50	$47,500	$22.80	103.9%
Charlotte	350	$43,300	$20.80	$65,500	$31.50	-1.8%
Durham	400	$40,100	$19.30	$54,900	$26.40	238.1%
Goldsboro	80	$30,300	$14.60	$34,400	$16.50	331.5%
Greensboro	200	$29,500	$14.20	$41,200	$19.80	35.2%
Greenville	110	$38,900	$18.70	$48,800	$23.40	265.8%
Raleigh	260	$49,300	$23.70	$58,200	$28.00	22.6%
Rocky Mount	30	$29,800	$14.40	$35,500	$17.10	36.1%
Wilmington	30	$43,300	$20.80	$53,800	$25.90	-48.2%
Winston-Salem	160	$41,100	$19.80	$48,800	$23.50	88.4%

North Dakota

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Fargo	40	$32,200	$15.50	$39,200	$18.80	-15.1%

Ohio

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Akron	140	$22,700	$10.90	$39,600	$19.00	5.9%
Cincinnati	320	$36,800	$17.70	$63,500	$30.50	-23.3%
Cleveland	220	$34,500	$16.60	$52,400	$25.20	-48.4%
Columbus	80	$75,900	$36.50	$87,100	$41.90	-80.1%
Dayton	70	$36,500	$17.50	$62,200	$29.90	-53%
Toledo	100	$61,700	$29.60	$74,100	$35.60	-21.7%

Oklahoma

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Oklahoma City	80	$28,000	$13.50	$32,600	$15.70	-66.9%

Oregon

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Eugene	NA	$52,600	$25.30	$74,600	$35.90	NA
Medford	30	$51,900	$25.00	$78,900	$38.00	0%
Portland	500	$56,300	$27.00	$77,000	$37.00	18.5%

Pennsylvania

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Allentown	200	$28,900	$13.90	$47,500	$22.80	41.1%
Harrisburg	180	$33,700	$16.20	$58,700	$28.20	37.2%
Philadelphia (Area)	2,920	$44,500	$21.40	$60,000	$28.90	154.6%
Pittsburgh	1,220	$40,100	$19.30	$81,900	$39.40	154.8%
Reading	40	$50,400	$24.20	$63,600	$30.60	-44.3%
Scranton	90	$27,600	$13.30	$36,100	$17.40	-13%

Rhode Island

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Providence	550	$47,100	$22.60	$72,300	$34.80	133.6%

Tennessee

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Chattanooga	280	$43,200	$20.80	$59,900	$28.80	190%
Clarksville	100	NA	NA	NA	NA	187.9%
Johnson City	70	$28,700	$13.80	$36,300	$17.40	119.6%
Kingsport	70	$38,500	$18.50	$57,200	$27.50	48.2%
Knoxville	340	$40,000	$19.30	$61,500	$29.60	144.5%
Memphis	480	$42,400	$20.40	$55,100	$26.50	85.2%
Nashville	740	$39,900	$19.20	$60,800	$29.20	141.6%

Texas

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Amarillo	40	$28,000	$13.50	$34,100	$16.40	-18%
Austin	NA	$37,300	$17.90	$44,500	$21.40	NA
Corpus Christi	NA	$25,200	$12.10	$34,600	$16.60	NA
Dallas (Area)	810	$45,700	$22.00	$74,300	$35.70	-34.5%
El Paso	50	$33,300	$16.00	$71,100	$34.20	-61.4%
Houston	490	$33,900	$16.30	$52,300	$25.20	-55.5%
Killeen	110	NA	NA	NA	NA	100.7%
Lubbock	40	$36,100	$17.40	$44,400	$21.30	-32.2%
McAllen	90	$29,600	$14.20	$34,300	$16.50	-4.8%
San Antonio	230	$32,400	$15.60	$44,900	$21.60	-35.6%

Utah

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Ogden	120	$36,600	$17.60	$51,500	$24.80	38.6%
Provo	90	$41,100	$19.80	$53,100	$25.60	16%
Salt Lake City	600	$29,300	$14.10	$45,700	$22.00	133.1%

Virginia

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Richmond	310	$49,400	$23.70	$57,400	$27.60	21.7%
Virginia Beach	110	$27,900	$13.40	$38,100	$18.30	-63.5%

Washington

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Seattle (Area)	330	$54,500	$26.20	$78,300	$37.60	-52.5%
Spokane	50	$47,900	$23.00	$85,200	$41.00	-42.9%

Wisconsin

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Green Bay	120	$33,000	$15.80	$41,900	$20.10	65.3%
La Crosse	NA	$31,500	$15.20	$62,600	$30.10	NA
Madison	100	$50,900	$24.50	$74,100	$35.60	-31.3%
Milwaukee	700	$32,600	$15.70	$39,500	$19.00	102.5%
Racine	30	$23,900	$11.50	$38,400	$18.50	-0.2%

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