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)
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers
Career B (or your target career)
Respiratory Therapists
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Comparison table
| Metric | Diagnostic Medical Sonographers | Respiratory Therapists |
|---|---|---|
| National median salary | $96,590 | $82,280 |
| Local median salary | Not published | Not published |
| National employment | 90,160 | 139,790 |
| Typical education | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Job zone | 3 | 3 |
| Important skills | Active Listening, Speaking, Reading Comprehension, Critical Thinking, Social Perceptiveness | Monitoring, Critical Thinking, Active Listening, Reading Comprehension, Speaking |
| Related careers | Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians, Anesthesiologists, Ophthalmic Medical Technicians, Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists | Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians, Nurse Anesthetists, Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric, Clinical Nurse Specialists |
Career transition: skill overlap
Skill overlap
85%
17 of 20 target skills
Target-only skills
3
Current-only skills
0
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
- Monitoring+0.9 level
- Active Listening—
- Critical Thinking+0.4 level
- Social Perceptiveness+0.9 level
- Reading Comprehension+0.1 level
- Speaking+0.2 level
- Service Orientation+0.6 level
- Complex Problem Solving+0.3 level
- Active Learning+0.6 level
- Judgment and Decision Making+0.3 level
- Coordination+0.1 level
- Writing—
- Operations Monitoring—
- Operation and Control—
- Instructing—
- Learning Strategies—
- Time Management—
Only in Respiratory Therapists
- Quality Control Analysis
- Persuasion
- Science
Only in Diagnostic Medical Sonographers
- None