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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)

Diagnostic Medical Sonographers

Career B (or your target career)

Anesthesiologists

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Comparison table

Metric	Diagnostic Medical Sonographers	Anesthesiologists
National median salary	$96,590	$391,490
Local median salary	Not published	Not published
National employment	90,160	38,760
Typical education	Not recorded	Post-Doctoral Training
Job zone	3	5
Important skills	Active Listening, Speaking, Reading Comprehension, Critical Thinking, Social Perceptiveness	Critical Thinking, Judgment and Decision Making, Monitoring, Reading Comprehension, Science
Related careers	Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians, Anesthesiologists, Ophthalmic Medical Technicians, Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists	Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric, Respiratory Therapists, Registered Nurses, Family Medicine Physicians

Diagnostic Medical Sonographers dashboard Anesthesiologists dashboard

Career transition: skill overlap

Skill overlap

73%

16 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+0.8 level
Judgment and Decision Making+1.1 level
Reading Comprehension+1.0 level
Monitoring+1.1 level
Social Perceptiveness+0.8 level
Speaking+0.1 level
Complex Problem Solving+1.1 level
Active Listening—
Writing+0.3 level
Time Management+0.9 level
Active Learning+0.8 level
Operations Monitoring+0.4 level
Instructing+0.8 level
Service Orientation+0.6 level
Learning Strategies+0.5 level
Coordination+0.9 level

Only in Anesthesiologists

Science
Management of Personnel Resources
Systems Analysis
Systems Evaluation
Persuasion
Mathematics

Only in Diagnostic Medical Sonographers

Operation and Control