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)

Clinical Nurse Specialists

Career B (or your target career)

Emergency Medicine Physicians

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Comparison table

MetricClinical Nurse SpecialistsEmergency Medicine Physicians
National median salary$97,550$335,550
Local median salaryNot publishedNot published
National employment3,379,72032,880
Typical educationMaster's DegreePost-Doctoral Training
Job zone55
Important skillsSpeaking, Monitoring, Service Orientation, Reading Comprehension, Social PerceptivenessCritical Thinking, Active Listening, Reading Comprehension, Social Perceptiveness, Speaking
Related careersNeurologists, Cardiologists, Paramedics, PsychiatristsCritical Care Nurses, Clinical Nurse Specialists, Neurologists, Registered Nurses

Career transition: skill overlap

Skill overlap

100%

20 of 20 target skills

Target-only skills

0

Current-only skills

2

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+0.5 level
  • Active Listening+0.5 level
  • Social Perceptiveness+0.5 level
  • Speaking+0.1 level
  • Reading Comprehension+0.7 level
  • Judgment and Decision Making+0.3 level
  • Writing+0.1 level
  • Monitoring+0.3 level
  • Service Orientation+0.3 level
  • Complex Problem Solving+0.3 level
  • Coordination+0.1 level
  • Active Learning+0.1 level
  • Learning Strategies
  • Instructing
  • Persuasion+0.1 level
  • Negotiation+0.4 level
  • Systems Analysis+0.3 level
  • Time Management
  • Systems Evaluation+0.3 level
  • Science

Only in Emergency Medicine Physicians

  • None

Only in Clinical Nurse Specialists

  • Management of Personnel Resources
  • Operations Analysis