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)

Highway Maintenance Workers

Career B (or your target career)

Traffic Technicians

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Comparison table

Metric	Highway Maintenance Workers	Traffic Technicians
National median salary	$50,260	$59,090
Local median salary	Not published	Not published
National employment	154,960	7,860
Typical education	High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED)	High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED)
Job zone	2	3
Important skills	Operation and Control, Operations Monitoring, Coordination, Monitoring, Active Listening	Active Listening, Speaking, Reading Comprehension, Complex Problem Solving, Judgment and Decision Making
Related careers	Helpers--Electricians, Traffic Technicians, Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers, Transportation Vehicle, Equipment and Systems Inspectors, Except Aviation	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment, First-Line Supervisors of Material-Moving Machine and Vehicle Operators, Signal and Track Switch Repairers, Geodetic Surveyors

Highway Maintenance Workers dashboard Traffic Technicians dashboard

Career transition: skill overlap

Skill overlap

33%

5 of 15 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+0.7 level
Speaking+0.6 level
Complex Problem Solving+0.9 level
Monitoring+0.4 level
Coordination—

Only in Traffic Technicians

Reading Comprehension
Judgment and Decision Making
Critical Thinking
Writing
Management of Personnel Resources
Active Learning
Social Perceptiveness
Systems Analysis
Systems Evaluation
Time Management

Only in Highway Maintenance Workers

Operation and Control
Operations Monitoring