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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)

Medical and Health Services Managers

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Comparison table

MetricIndustrial-Organizational PsychologistsMedical and Health Services Managers
National median salary$193,950$123,860
Local median salaryNot publishedNot published
National employment790597,080
Typical educationMaster's DegreeBachelor's Degree
Job zone54
Important skillsActive Listening, Reading Comprehension, Writing, Judgment and Decision Making, SpeakingCritical Thinking, Speaking, Management of Personnel Resources, Active Listening, Time Management
Related careersMedical and Health Services Managers, Education Administrators, Postsecondary, Data Scientists, Psychology Teachers, PostsecondaryAdministrative Services Managers, Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Clinical Research Coordinators, Registered Nurses

Career transition: skill overlap

Skill overlap

91%

21 of 23 target skills

Target-only skills

2

Current-only skills

2

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

  • Speaking
  • Critical Thinking
  • Writing
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Active Listening
  • Monitoring
  • Social Perceptiveness
  • Complex Problem Solving
  • Judgment and Decision Making
  • Time Management+0.3 level
  • Management of Personnel Resources+0.1 level
  • Coordination+0.1 level
  • Active Learning
  • Negotiation+0.3 level
  • Instructing
  • Persuasion+0.1 level
  • Systems Evaluation
  • Service Orientation+0.3 level
  • Operations Analysis+0.4 level
  • Systems Analysis
  • Learning Strategies

Only in Medical and Health Services Managers

  • Management of Financial Resources
  • Management of Material Resources

Only in Industrial-Organizational Psychologists

  • Science
  • Mathematics