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)
Environmental Compliance Inspectors
Career B (or your target career)
Compliance Officers
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Comparison table
| Metric | Environmental Compliance Inspectors | Compliance Officers |
|---|---|---|
| National median salary | $80,730 | $80,730 |
| Local median salary | Not published | Not published |
| National employment | 417,070 | 417,070 |
| Typical education | Bachelor's Degree | Not recorded |
| Job zone | 4 | 4 |
| Important skills | Critical Thinking, Reading Comprehension, Speaking, Active Listening, Writing | Reading Comprehension, Speaking, Writing, Active Listening, Judgment and Decision Making |
| Related careers | Security Management Specialists, Water/Wastewater Engineers, Water Resource Specialists, Compliance Officers | Lawyers, Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents, Administrative Services Managers, Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers |
Career transition: skill overlap
Skill overlap
80%
12 of 15 target skills
Target-only skills
3
Current-only skills
8
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—
- Speaking—
- Active Listening—
- Writing—
- Judgment and Decision Making—
- Critical Thinking—
- Social Perceptiveness—
- Monitoring—
- Complex Problem Solving—
- Time Management+0.1 level
- Coordination+0.1 level
- Active Learning—
Only in Compliance Officers
- Persuasion
- Negotiation
- Service Orientation
Only in Environmental Compliance Inspectors
- Operations Monitoring
- Systems Evaluation
- Systems Analysis
- Quality Control Analysis
- Mathematics
- Instructing
- Science
- Learning Strategies