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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)

Critical Care Nurses

Career B (or your target career)

Emergency Medicine Physicians

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Comparison table

MetricCritical Care NursesEmergency Medicine Physicians
National median salary$97,550$335,550
Local median salaryNot publishedNot published
National employment3,379,72032,880
Typical educationBachelor's DegreePost-Doctoral Training
Job zone45
Important skillsMonitoring, Reading Comprehension, Speaking, Active Listening, Service OrientationCritical Thinking, Active Listening, Reading Comprehension, Social Perceptiveness, Speaking
Related careersHospitalists, Pediatric Surgeons, Pediatricians, General, Family Medicine PhysiciansCritical Care Nurses, Clinical Nurse Specialists, Neurologists, Registered Nurses

Career transition: skill overlap

Skill overlap

90%

18 of 20 target skills

Target-only skills

2

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+0.6 level
  • Active Listening+0.6 level
  • Social Perceptiveness+0.6 level
  • Speaking+0.3 level
  • Reading Comprehension+1.1 level
  • Judgment and Decision Making+0.5 level
  • Writing+0.1 level
  • Monitoring+0.3 level
  • Service Orientation+0.3 level
  • Complex Problem Solving+1.0 level
  • Coordination+0.1 level
  • Active Learning+0.4 level
  • Learning Strategies+0.4 level
  • Instructing+0.4 level
  • Persuasion+0.4 level
  • Negotiation+0.3 level
  • Time Management
  • Science

Only in Emergency Medicine Physicians

  • Systems Analysis
  • Systems Evaluation

Only in Critical Care Nurses

  • Operations Monitoring
  • Management of Personnel Resources