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)
Flight Attendants
Career B (or your target career)
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers
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Comparison table
| Metric | Flight Attendants | Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers |
|---|---|---|
| National median salary | $63,580 | $232,140 |
| Local median salary | Not published | Not published |
| National employment | 131,650 | 103,560 |
| Typical education | High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED) | Bachelor's Degree |
| Job zone | 2 | 4 |
| Important skills | Speaking, Active Listening, Monitoring, Social Perceptiveness, Service Orientation | Operation and Control, Operations Monitoring, Critical Thinking, Monitoring, Active Listening |
| Related careers | Security Guards, Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians, Subway and Streetcar Operators, Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance | Motorboat Operators, Sailors and Marine Oilers, Transportation Inspectors, Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians |
Career transition: skill overlap
Skill overlap
52%
11 of 21 target skills
Target-only skills
10
Current-only skills
2
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
- Critical Thinking+0.5 level
- Active Listening+1.0 level
- Monitoring+0.9 level
- Judgment and Decision Making+1.4 level
- Time Management+0.9 level
- Reading Comprehension+0.6 level
- Active Learning+1.1 level
- Speaking—
- Coordination+0.5 level
- Social Perceptiveness—
- Writing+0.4 level
Only in Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers
- Operation and Control
- Operations Monitoring
- Complex Problem Solving
- Systems Evaluation
- Systems Analysis
- Mathematics
- Troubleshooting
- Quality Control Analysis
- Learning Strategies
- Instructing
Only in Flight Attendants
- Service Orientation
- Persuasion