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)
Health Education Specialists
Career B (or your target career)
Clinical Nurse Specialists
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Comparison table
| Metric | Health Education Specialists | Clinical Nurse Specialists |
|---|---|---|
| National median salary | $64,070 | $97,550 |
| Local median salary | Not published | Not published |
| National employment | 65,690 | 3,379,720 |
| Typical education | Associate's Degree or other 2-year degree | Master's Degree |
| Job zone | 4 | 5 |
| Important skills | Active Listening, Speaking, Writing, Learning Strategies, Social Perceptiveness | Speaking, Monitoring, Service Orientation, Reading Comprehension, Social Perceptiveness |
| Related careers | Patient Representatives, Instructional Coordinators, Registered Nurses, Nurse Practitioners | Neurologists, Cardiologists, Paramedics, Psychiatrists |
Career transition: skill overlap
Skill overlap
95%
21 of 22 target skills
Target-only skills
1
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+0.3 level
- Social Perceptiveness+0.4 level
- Reading Comprehension+0.4 level
- Service Orientation+0.8 level
- Critical Thinking+0.3 level
- Judgment and Decision Making+1.1 level
- Active Learning+0.6 level
- Complex Problem Solving+1.1 level
- Active Listening+0.1 level
- Writing—
- Coordination+0.8 level
- Persuasion+0.6 level
- Learning Strategies—
- Time Management+0.8 level
- Instructing+0.9 level
- Management of Personnel Resources—
- Systems Evaluation+0.3 level
- Systems Analysis+0.1 level
- Operations Analysis+0.6 level
- Negotiation—
Only in Clinical Nurse Specialists
- Science
Only in Health Education Specialists
- None