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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)

Interior Designers

Career B (or your target career)

Lighting Technicians

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Comparison table

MetricInterior DesignersLighting Technicians
National median salary$67,190$68,060
Local median salaryNot publishedNot published
National employment71,5008,900
Typical educationBachelor's DegreeNot recorded
Job zone43
Important skillsSpeaking, Critical Thinking, Active Listening, Reading Comprehension, CoordinationNot recorded
Related careersLighting Technicians, Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers, Furniture Finishers, Layout Workers, Metal and PlasticControl and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters, Power Distributors and Dispatchers, Electromechanical Equipment Assemblers

Career transition: skill overlap

Skill overlap

0 of 0 target skills

Target-only skills

0

Current-only skills

19

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

  • None

Only in Lighting Technicians

  • None

Only in Interior Designers

  • Active Listening
  • Critical Thinking
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Speaking
  • Coordination
  • Service Orientation
  • Social Perceptiveness
  • Complex Problem Solving
  • Writing
  • Persuasion
  • Judgment and Decision Making
  • Time Management
  • Operations Analysis
  • Active Learning
  • Monitoring
  • Negotiation
  • Systems Analysis
  • Instructing
  • Mathematics