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)

Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers

Career B (or your target career)

Motorboat Operators

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Comparison table

Metric	Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers	Motorboat Operators
National median salary	$232,140	$47,520
Local median salary	Not published	Not published
National employment	103,560	2,480
Typical education	Bachelor's Degree	High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED)
Job zone	4	2
Important skills	Operation and Control, Operations Monitoring, Critical Thinking, Monitoring, Active Listening	Operation and Control, Operations Monitoring, Equipment Maintenance, Monitoring, Speaking
Related careers	Motorboat Operators, Sailors and Marine Oilers, Transportation Inspectors, Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians	Transportation Inspectors, Highway Maintenance Workers, Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders, Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators

Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers dashboard Motorboat Operators dashboard

Career transition: skill overlap

Skill overlap

86%

12 of 14 target skills

Target-only skills

Current-only skills

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

Operation and Control—
Operations Monitoring—
Speaking—
Monitoring—
Judgment and Decision Making—
Critical Thinking—
Active Listening—
Time Management—
Coordination—
Troubleshooting—
Complex Problem Solving—
Social Perceptiveness—

Only in Motorboat Operators

Equipment Maintenance
Service Orientation

Only in Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers

Reading Comprehension
Active Learning
Systems Evaluation
Systems Analysis
Mathematics
Writing
Quality Control Analysis
Learning Strategies
Instructing