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)

Emergency Medicine Physicians

Career B (or your target career)

Clinical Nurse Specialists

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Comparison table

MetricEmergency Medicine PhysiciansClinical Nurse Specialists
National median salary$335,550$97,550
Local median salaryNot publishedNot published
National employment32,8803,379,720
Typical educationPost-Doctoral TrainingMaster's Degree
Job zone55
Important skillsCritical Thinking, Active Listening, Reading Comprehension, Social Perceptiveness, SpeakingSpeaking, Monitoring, Service Orientation, Reading Comprehension, Social Perceptiveness
Related careersCritical Care Nurses, Clinical Nurse Specialists, Neurologists, Registered NursesNeurologists, Cardiologists, Paramedics, Psychiatrists

Career transition: skill overlap

Skill overlap

91%

20 of 22 target skills

Target-only skills

2

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

  • Speaking
  • Monitoring
  • Social Perceptiveness
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Service Orientation
  • Critical Thinking
  • Judgment and Decision Making
  • Active Learning
  • Complex Problem Solving
  • Active Listening
  • Writing
  • Coordination
  • Persuasion
  • Learning Strategies
  • Time Management+0.9 level
  • Instructing
  • Systems Evaluation
  • Systems Analysis
  • Science
  • Negotiation

Only in Clinical Nurse Specialists

  • Management of Personnel Resources
  • Operations Analysis

Only in Emergency Medicine Physicians

  • None