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)

Nurse Practitioners

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Comparison table

Metric	Health Education Specialists	Nurse Practitioners
National median salary	$64,070	$132,300
Local median salary	Not published	Not published
National employment	65,690	323,040
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	Critical Thinking, Complex Problem Solving, Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, Judgment and Decision Making
Related careers	Patient Representatives, Instructional Coordinators, Registered Nurses, Nurse Practitioners	Psychiatrists, Neurologists, Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses, Nurse Anesthetists

Health Education Specialists dashboard Nurse Practitioners dashboard

Career transition: skill overlap

Skill overlap

91%

21 of 23 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

Active Listening+0.9 level
Critical Thinking+0.1 level
Complex Problem Solving+1.1 level
Reading Comprehension+0.9 level
Speaking—
Judgment and Decision Making+1.0 level
Active Learning+0.5 level
Monitoring+0.4 level
Social Perceptiveness+0.7 level
Writing—
Service Orientation+0.8 level
Coordination+0.6 level
Learning Strategies—
Time Management+0.6 level
Persuasion+0.6 level
Systems Evaluation+0.1 level
Instructing+0.6 level
Management of Personnel Resources+0.1 level
Negotiation—
Operations Analysis+0.4 level
Systems Analysis+0.1 level

Only in Nurse Practitioners

Science
Mathematics

Only in Health Education Specialists

None