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)

Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators

Career B (or your target career)

Lawyers

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Comparison table

Metric	Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	Lawyers
National median salary	$78,000	$159,670
Local median salary	Not published	Not published
National employment	324,230	754,500
Typical education	Bachelor's Degree	Doctoral Degree
Job zone	4	5
Important skills	Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, Critical Thinking, Speaking, Judgment and Decision Making	Speaking, Critical Thinking, Active Listening, Reading Comprehension, Writing
Related careers	Compensation and Benefits Managers, Accountants and Auditors, Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators, Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	Detectives and Criminal Investigators, Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents, Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs, Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners

Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators dashboard Lawyers dashboard

Career transition: skill overlap

Skill overlap

79%

15 of 19 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

Speaking+0.9 level
Reading Comprehension+0.4 level
Active Listening+0.8 level
Critical Thinking+0.8 level
Writing+1.0 level
Complex Problem Solving+0.9 level
Judgment and Decision Making+0.6 level
Negotiation+1.1 level
Social Perceptiveness+0.6 level
Active Learning+0.6 level
Time Management+1.0 level
Coordination+0.3 level
Systems Analysis+0.9 level
Monitoring—
Service Orientation+0.5 level

Only in Lawyers

Persuasion
Instructing
Learning Strategies
Systems Evaluation

Only in Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators

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