Compare careers
Factual side-by-side attributes from the imported O*NET and BLS OEWS datasets. No career is ranked or recommended.
Career A (or your current career)
Aircraft Service Attendants
Career B (or your target career)
Ship Engineers
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Comparison table
| Metric | Aircraft Service Attendants | Ship Engineers |
|---|---|---|
| National median salary | $40,450 | $109,530 |
| Local median salary | Not published | Not published |
| National employment | 31,300 | 8,400 |
| Typical education | Not recorded | High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED) |
| Job zone | 2 | 3 |
| Important skills | Monitoring, Active Listening, Judgment and Decision Making, Reading Comprehension, Operation and Control | Critical Thinking, Operations Monitoring, Operation and Control, Repairing, Troubleshooting |
| Related careers | Highway Maintenance Workers, Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators, Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators, Aerospace Engineers | Power Distributors and Dispatchers, Power Plant Operators, Transportation Vehicle, Equipment and Systems Inspectors, Except Aviation, Wellhead Pumpers |
Career transition: skill overlap
Skill overlap
37%
7 of 19 target skills
Target-only skills
12
Current-only skills
0
Skill overlap compares O*NET skills rated at importance 3.0 or above for each occupation. It is a measure of listed skill overlap, not a probability of getting the job.
Shared skills
- Critical Thinking+1.0 level
- Operation and Control+1.0 level
- Monitoring+1.1 level
- Active Listening+0.8 level
- Speaking+0.1 level
- Judgment and Decision Making+0.5 level
- Reading Comprehension+0.8 level
Only in Ship Engineers
- Operations Monitoring
- Equipment Maintenance
- Troubleshooting
- Repairing
- Complex Problem Solving
- Systems Analysis
- Active Learning
- Quality Control Analysis
- Time Management
- Writing
- Coordination
- Equipment Selection
Only in Aircraft Service Attendants
- None