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)
Healthcare Social Workers
Career B (or your target career)
Social and Community Service Managers
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Comparison table
| Metric | Healthcare Social Workers | Social and Community Service Managers |
|---|---|---|
| National median salary | $67,880 | $80,390 |
| Local median salary | Not published | Not published |
| National employment | 187,630 | 209,330 |
| Typical education | Master's Degree | Bachelor's Degree |
| Job zone | 5 | 4 |
| Important skills | Social Perceptiveness, Speaking, Service Orientation, Coordination, Reading Comprehension | Service Orientation, Social Perceptiveness, Management of Personnel Resources, Judgment and Decision Making, Coordination |
| Related careers | Nurse Practitioners, Social and Community Service Managers, Occupational Therapy Assistants, Psychiatrists | Education Administrators, Postsecondary, Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary, Residential Advisors, Chief Executives |
Career transition: skill overlap
Skill overlap
95%
19 of 20 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
- Service Orientation—
- Social Perceptiveness—
- Active Listening—
- Management of Personnel Resources+1.3 level
- Coordination—
- Critical Thinking+0.1 level
- Active Learning—
- Judgment and Decision Making+0.2 level
- Monitoring+0.1 level
- Time Management+0.8 level
- Complex Problem Solving+0.2 level
- Reading Comprehension—
- Writing—
- Speaking—
- Systems Evaluation+0.3 level
- Learning Strategies+0.1 level
- Instructing+0.9 level
- Persuasion—
- Negotiation+0.5 level
Only in Social and Community Service Managers
- Systems Analysis
Only in Healthcare Social Workers
- None