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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)

Health Education Specialists

Career B (or your target career)

Preventive Medicine Physicians

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Comparison table

MetricHealth Education SpecialistsPreventive Medicine Physicians
National median salary$64,070$265,930
Local median salaryNot publishedNot published
National employment65,690342,720
Typical educationAssociate's Degree or other 2-year degreePost-Doctoral Training
Job zone45
Important skillsActive Listening, Speaking, Writing, Learning Strategies, Social PerceptivenessReading Comprehension, Speaking, Active Listening, Complex Problem Solving, Judgment and Decision Making
Related careersPatient Representatives, Instructional Coordinators, Registered Nurses, Nurse PractitionersNeurologists, Pediatric Surgeons, Psychiatrists, Physician Assistants
Health Education Specialists dashboardPreventive Medicine Physicians dashboard

Career transition: skill overlap

Skill overlap

91%

20 of 22 target skills

Target-only skills

2

Current-only skills

1

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

  • Reading Comprehension+1.5 level
  • Complex Problem Solving+2.0 level
  • Speaking+0.6 level
  • Judgment and Decision Making+1.9 level
  • Active Listening+0.5 level
  • Critical Thinking+1.1 level
  • Monitoring+0.9 level
  • Writing+0.9 level
  • Social Perceptiveness+1.0 level
  • Active Learning+1.3 level
  • Coordination+1.3 level
  • Management of Personnel Resources+1.3 level
  • Learning Strategies+0.6 level
  • Instructing+1.4 level
  • Service Orientation+1.4 level
  • Systems Analysis+1.0 level
  • Systems Evaluation+1.4 level
  • Persuasion+0.8 level
  • Time Management+0.6 level
  • Negotiation—

Only in Preventive Medicine Physicians

  • Science
  • Mathematics

Only in Health Education Specialists

  • Operations Analysis