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)

Equal Opportunity Representatives and Officers

Career B (or your target career)

Lawyers

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Comparison table

Metric	Equal Opportunity Representatives and Officers	Lawyers
National median salary	$80,730	$159,670
Local median salary	Not published	Not published
National employment	417,070	754,500
Typical education	Bachelor's Degree	Doctoral Degree
Job zone	4	5
Important skills	Active Listening, Reading Comprehension, Speaking, Social Perceptiveness, Critical Thinking	Speaking, Critical Thinking, Active Listening, Reading Comprehension, Writing
Related careers	Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Management Analysts, Law Teachers, Postsecondary, Child, Family, and School Social Workers	Detectives and Criminal Investigators, Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents, Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs, Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners

Equal Opportunity Representatives and Officers dashboard Lawyers dashboard

Career transition: skill overlap

Skill overlap

95%

18 of 19 target skills

Target-only skills

Current-only skills

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+0.6 level
Reading Comprehension+0.1 level
Active Listening+0.4 level
Critical Thinking+0.5 level
Writing+0.5 level
Complex Problem Solving+0.6 level
Judgment and Decision Making+0.6 level
Persuasion+1.0 level
Negotiation+0.8 level
Social Perceptiveness—
Active Learning+0.1 level
Time Management+1.0 level
Coordination+0.1 level
Systems Analysis+0.3 level
Monitoring—
Service Orientation+0.1 level
Learning Strategies—
Systems Evaluation—

Only in Lawyers

Instructing

Only in Equal Opportunity Representatives and Officers

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