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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)

Environmental Compliance Inspectors

Career B (or your target career)

Security Management Specialists

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Comparison table

MetricEnvironmental Compliance InspectorsSecurity Management Specialists
National median salary$80,730$83,050
Local median salaryNot publishedNot published
National employment417,0701,087,090
Typical educationBachelor's DegreeBachelor's Degree
Job zone44
Important skillsCritical Thinking, Reading Comprehension, Speaking, Active Listening, WritingActive Listening, Critical Thinking, Speaking, Judgment and Decision Making, Reading Comprehension
Related careersSecurity Management Specialists, Water/Wastewater Engineers, Water Resource Specialists, Compliance OfficersIntelligence Analysts, Computer and Information Systems Managers, Construction and Building Inspectors, Computer Systems Engineers/Architects

Career transition: skill overlap

Skill overlap

77%

17 of 22 target skills

Target-only skills

5

Current-only skills

3

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

  • Active Listening
  • Critical Thinking
  • Speaking
  • Judgment and Decision Making
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Complex Problem Solving
  • Coordination+0.9 level
  • Systems Evaluation
  • Systems Analysis+0.2 level
  • Monitoring
  • Writing
  • Social Perceptiveness+0.1 level
  • Time Management+0.4 level
  • Instructing+0.3 level
  • Active Learning
  • Quality Control Analysis
  • Learning Strategies

Only in Security Management Specialists

  • Persuasion
  • Service Orientation
  • Operations Analysis
  • Negotiation
  • Management of Personnel Resources

Only in Environmental Compliance Inspectors

  • Operations Monitoring
  • Mathematics
  • Science