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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)

Industrial-Organizational Psychologists

Career B (or your target career)

Clinical and Counseling Psychologists

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Comparison table

MetricIndustrial-Organizational PsychologistsClinical and Counseling Psychologists
National median salary$193,950$100,580
Local median salaryNot publishedNot published
National employment79075,990
Typical educationMaster's DegreePost-Doctoral Training
Job zone55
Important skillsActive Listening, Reading Comprehension, Writing, Judgment and Decision Making, SpeakingReading Comprehension, Social Perceptiveness, Active Listening, Writing, Critical Thinking
Related careersMedical and Health Services Managers, Education Administrators, Postsecondary, Data Scientists, Psychology Teachers, PostsecondaryFamily Medicine Physicians, Clinical Nurse Specialists, Social and Human Service Assistants, Psychiatric Aides

Career transition: skill overlap

Skill overlap

100%

19 of 19 target skills

Target-only skills

0

Current-only skills

4

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
  • Social Perceptiveness+0.9 level
  • Active Listening+0.3 level
  • Writing
  • Critical Thinking
  • Speaking
  • Active Learning
  • Judgment and Decision Making
  • Monitoring
  • Service Orientation+0.4 level
  • Complex Problem Solving
  • Learning Strategies
  • Persuasion
  • Coordination
  • Time Management
  • Instructing
  • Negotiation
  • Systems Evaluation
  • Systems Analysis

Only in Clinical and Counseling Psychologists

  • None

Only in Industrial-Organizational Psychologists

  • Science
  • Operations Analysis
  • Mathematics
  • Management of Personnel Resources