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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)

Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians

Career B (or your target career)

Acute Care Nurses

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Comparison table

MetricAmbulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical TechniciansAcute Care Nurses
National median salary$35,450$97,550
Local median salaryNot publishedNot published
National employment12,6303,379,720
Typical educationNot recordedBachelor's Degree
Job zone24
Important skillsActive Listening, Critical Thinking, Speaking, Service Orientation, Reading ComprehensionSpeaking, Critical Thinking, Reading Comprehension, Service Orientation, Writing
Related careersDispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance, Registered Nurses, Medical and Health Services Managers, Anesthesiologist AssistantsPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians, Family Medicine Physicians, Nurse Anesthetists, Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric
Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians dashboardAcute Care Nurses dashboard

Career transition: skill overlap

Skill overlap

43%

10 of 23 target skills

Target-only skills

13

Current-only skills

1

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

  • Reading Comprehension+1.5 level
  • Service Orientation+1.3 level
  • Critical Thinking+0.6 level
  • Speaking+0.8 level
  • Active Learning+1.1 level
  • Coordination+1.0 level
  • Active Listening+0.9 level
  • Judgment and Decision Making+0.9 level
  • Monitoring+1.1 level
  • Social Perceptiveness+1.6 level

Only in Acute Care Nurses

  • Complex Problem Solving
  • Writing
  • Time Management
  • Instructing
  • Learning Strategies
  • Management of Personnel Resources
  • Persuasion
  • Systems Evaluation
  • Mathematics
  • Operations Monitoring
  • Science
  • Negotiation
  • Systems Analysis

Only in Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians

  • Operation and Control