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)
Anesthesiologists
Career B (or your target career)
Respiratory Therapists
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Comparison table
| Metric | Anesthesiologists | Respiratory Therapists |
|---|---|---|
| National median salary | $391,490 | $82,280 |
| Local median salary | Not published | Not published |
| National employment | 38,760 | 139,790 |
| Typical education | Post-Doctoral Training | Not recorded |
| Job zone | 5 | 3 |
| Important skills | Critical Thinking, Judgment and Decision Making, Monitoring, Reading Comprehension, Science | Monitoring, Critical Thinking, Active Listening, Reading Comprehension, Speaking |
| Related careers | Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric, Respiratory Therapists, Registered Nurses, Family Medicine Physicians | Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians, Nurse Anesthetists, Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric, Clinical Nurse Specialists |
Career transition: skill overlap
Skill overlap
90%
18 of 20 target skills
Target-only skills
2
Current-only skills
4
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
- Monitoring—
- Active Listening—
- Critical Thinking—
- Social Perceptiveness+0.1 level
- Reading Comprehension—
- Speaking+0.1 level
- Service Orientation—
- Complex Problem Solving—
- Active Learning—
- Judgment and Decision Making—
- Coordination—
- Writing—
- Operations Monitoring—
- Instructing—
- Learning Strategies—
- Persuasion+0.1 level
- Time Management—
- Science—
Only in Respiratory Therapists
- Operation and Control
- Quality Control Analysis
Only in Anesthesiologists
- Management of Personnel Resources
- Systems Analysis
- Systems Evaluation
- Mathematics