Career moves · 231,145 postings · 163 markets · 2026-07-16
Where can your career go next?
Search the role you're in. We count what employers ask for across 231,145 active postings, then show you the markets one step away: how big each one is, and exactly which skills you'd need to add.
What this is and isn't
Markets sit close together when employers on both sides ask for the same skills, measured across 350 normalized skills. This is not a record of people moving between them. That would need career histories we don't have. A close market also isn't automatically a good move. Skills counted are the ones postings list explicitly, so every figure is a floor.
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Physical Therapist
129 open jobs·27 employers
10 markets are one step away
These are the 10 careers with the highest skill overlap with Physical Therapist. Bigger circles mean more openings; careers closer to the center require fewer new skills.
Among nearby careers, Physician has the most openings (227), while Medical Assistant requires the fewest new skills.
Skill transition
How much each market's required skills differ from your
current role.
- Close3
- Moderate change6
- Major change1
Larger circles = more open jobs, from 110 to 227 here.
TapSelect a market to put it at the center.
Medical Assistant
from Physical Therapist
Strong match
Close
Among the 3 closest moves from Physical Therapist.
150
openings in Medical Assistant
6
skills you already have
6
skills to learn
5
skills to strengthen
You already have
Physical TherapistMedical Assistantshare of postingspatient care
46%59%
basic life support
35%53%
patient advocacy
16%46%
infection control
14%45%
arm
8%25%
quality improvement
7%7%
You'll need to learn
- filingasked for in 28% of Medical Assistant postings
- schedulingasked for in 33% of Medical Assistant postings
- data entryasked for in 28% of Medical Assistant postings
- preventive careasked for in 19% of Medical Assistant postings
- nursingasked for in 23% of Medical Assistant postings
- patient outcomesasked for in 15% of Medical Assistant postings
Strengthen what you have
- patient care46% → 59%
- basic life support35% → 53%
- patient advocacy16% → 46%
- infection control14% → 45%
- arm8% → 25%
How much work is out there
Physical Therapist129Medical Assistant150This market is about the size of yours.
What to do next
1 · Learn
filing
Asked for in 28% of Medical Assistant postings, and 5 other new skills.
2 · Strengthen
patient care
46% of Physical Therapist postings ask for it, against 59% of Medical Assistant.
3 · Look at the work
150 Medical Assistant postings
Observed active in this snapshot.
129 Physical Therapist postings · 150 Medical Assistant postings · 350 normalized skills · snapshot 2026-07-16
Methodology
What is this based on?
231,145 live job postings from 28,870 employers across 163 markets, captured 2026-07-16. Skills come from each posting's stated requirements.
How is distance calculated?
Each market becomes a profile of the skills its postings request, and markets are compared by how much those profiles overlap (an IDF-weighted cosine similarity, so skills that appear in almost every role count for less). The closest markets sit nearest the center, grouped into five bands from Very close to Different field.
What do the skill lists mean?
Shared skills are the ones both roles commonly ask for. Skills to learn are the ones the target market asks for that your current role doesn't, ranked by how much more often they come up.
What isn't included?
Years of experience, seniority, salary, portfolio or certification requirements, or how competitive a role is to land. Skill overlap is one axis of a move, not the whole picture.
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