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)

Dentists, General

Career B (or your target career)

Anesthesiologists

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Comparison table

Metric	Dentists, General	Anesthesiologists
National median salary	$170,950	$391,490
Local median salary	Not published	Not published
National employment	124,390	38,760
Typical education	Doctoral Degree	Post-Doctoral Training
Job zone	5	5
Important skills	Judgment and Decision Making, Critical Thinking, Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, Service Orientation	Critical Thinking, Judgment and Decision Making, Monitoring, Reading Comprehension, Science
Related careers	Medical Assistants, Emergency Medicine Physicians, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians, General Internal Medicine Physicians	Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric, Respiratory Therapists, Registered Nurses, Family Medicine Physicians

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Career transition: skill overlap

Skill overlap

86%

19 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
Judgment and Decision Making+0.3 level
Reading Comprehension—
Monitoring+0.1 level
Science+0.4 level
Social Perceptiveness—
Speaking—
Complex Problem Solving—
Active Listening—
Writing—
Time Management—
Active Learning—
Instructing+0.1 level
Service Orientation—
Learning Strategies+0.1 level
Coordination—
Management of Personnel Resources—
Systems Analysis+0.1 level
Persuasion—

Only in Anesthesiologists

Operations Monitoring
Systems Evaluation
Mathematics

Only in Dentists, General

Negotiation
Management of Material Resources
Operation and Control
Management of Financial Resources