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)

Community Health Workers

Career B (or your target career)

Dietitians and Nutritionists

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Comparison table

Metric	Community Health Workers	Dietitians and Nutritionists
National median salary	$51,850	$76,400
Local median salary	Not published	Not published
National employment	61,660	77,570
Typical education	Not recorded	Post-Baccalaureate Certificate
Job zone	4	5
Important skills	Social Perceptiveness, Speaking, Critical Thinking, Active Listening, Reading Comprehension	Speaking, Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, Social Perceptiveness, Judgment and Decision Making
Related careers	Dietitians and Nutritionists, Personal Care Aides, Psychiatric Aides, Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors	Pharmacists, Allergists and Immunologists, Occupational Therapists, Neurologists

Community Health Workers dashboard Dietitians and Nutritionists dashboard

Career transition: skill overlap

Skill overlap

82%

18 of 22 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

Critical Thinking+0.1 level
Social Perceptiveness—
Judgment and Decision Making+0.6 level
Speaking+0.1 level
Reading Comprehension+0.9 level
Active Listening—
Monitoring+0.4 level
Writing+0.3 level
Service Orientation+0.2 level
Complex Problem Solving+0.6 level
Instructing+0.5 level
Coordination+0.3 level
Learning Strategies+0.4 level
Active Learning+0.2 level
Persuasion+0.3 level
Time Management+0.5 level
Systems Evaluation+0.4 level
Systems Analysis+0.5 level

Only in Dietitians and Nutritionists

Science
Operations Analysis
Negotiation
Mathematics

Only in Community Health Workers

Management of Personnel Resources