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)
Embalmers
Career B (or your target career)
Acute Care Nurses
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Comparison table
| Metric | Embalmers | Acute Care Nurses |
|---|---|---|
| National median salary | $58,780 | $97,550 |
| Local median salary | Not published | Not published |
| National employment | 3,890 | 3,379,720 |
| Typical education | Associate's Degree or other 2-year degree | Bachelor's Degree |
| Job zone | 3 | 4 |
| Important skills | Speaking, Active Listening, Service Orientation, Writing, Time Management | Speaking, Critical Thinking, Reading Comprehension, Service Orientation, Writing |
| Related careers | Occupational Therapy Assistants, Registered Nurses, Acute Care Nurses, Endoscopy Technicians | Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians, Family Medicine Physicians, Nurse Anesthetists, Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric |
Career transition: skill overlap
Skill overlap
52%
12 of 23 target skills
Target-only skills
11
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
- Reading Comprehension+1.5 level
- Service Orientation+1.3 level
- Critical Thinking+0.9 level
- Speaking+0.3 level
- Active Learning+1.3 level
- Writing+1.0 level
- Coordination+0.9 level
- Active Listening+0.4 level
- Judgment and Decision Making+0.9 level
- Monitoring+1.1 level
- Social Perceptiveness+0.9 level
- Time Management+0.3 level
Only in Acute Care Nurses
- Complex Problem Solving
- Instructing
- Learning Strategies
- Management of Personnel Resources
- Persuasion
- Systems Evaluation
- Mathematics
- Operations Monitoring
- Science
- Negotiation
- Systems Analysis
Only in Embalmers
- None