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 Research Coordinators
Career B (or your target career)
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers
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Comparison table
| Metric | Clinical Research Coordinators | Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers |
|---|---|---|
| National median salary | $167,220 | $109,370 |
| Local median salary | Not published | Not published |
| National employment | 108,690 | 23,480 |
| Typical education | Bachelor's Degree | Bachelor's Degree |
| Job zone | 4 | 4 |
| Important skills | Active Listening, Reading Comprehension, Writing, Coordination, Speaking | Reading Comprehension, Speaking, Writing, Active Listening, Science |
| Related careers | Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers, Medical Assistants, Health Education Specialists, Preventive Medicine Physicians | Materials Scientists, Geneticists, Clinical Data Managers, Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians |
Career transition: skill overlap
Skill overlap
70%
16 of 23 target skills
Target-only skills
7
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
- Speaking+0.3 level
- Reading Comprehension+0.8 level
- Active Listening+0.1 level
- Writing+0.3 level
- Critical Thinking+0.6 level
- Judgment and Decision Making+1.0 level
- Complex Problem Solving+0.9 level
- Science+1.6 level
- Active Learning+0.6 level
- Monitoring+0.4 level
- Learning Strategies+0.5 level
- Instructing+1.0 level
- Time Management—
- Coordination—
- Social Perceptiveness—
- Management of Personnel Resources—
Only in Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers
- Mathematics
- Operations Analysis
- Systems Analysis
- Systems Evaluation
- Technology Design
- Quality Control Analysis
- Programming
Only in Clinical Research Coordinators
- Persuasion
- Service Orientation