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)
Landscape Architects
Career B (or your target career)
Industrial Ecologists
Opens your browser print dialog — choose “Save as PDF”.
Comparison table
| Metric | Landscape Architects | Industrial Ecologists |
|---|---|---|
| National median salary | $79,870 | $82,220 |
| Local median salary | Not published | Not published |
| National employment | 19,600 | 89,250 |
| Typical education | Bachelor's Degree | Master's Degree |
| Job zone | 4 | 5 |
| Important skills | Speaking, Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, Critical Thinking, Complex Problem Solving | Reading Comprehension, Speaking, Writing, Active Listening, Critical Thinking |
| Related careers | Surveying and Mapping Technicians, Range Managers, Agricultural Engineers, Water Resource Specialists | Range Managers, Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Water/Wastewater Engineers, Environmental Economists |
Career transition: skill overlap
Skill overlap
90%
18 of 20 target skills
Target-only skills
2
Current-only skills
3
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+0.8 level
- Writing+0.6 level
- Active Listening—
- Speaking—
- Critical Thinking+0.4 level
- Judgment and Decision Making+0.9 level
- Complex Problem Solving—
- Systems Analysis+0.7 level
- Active Learning+0.1 level
- Mathematics+0.5 level
- Systems Evaluation—
- Social Perceptiveness—
- Monitoring+0.3 level
- Management of Personnel Resources—
- Coordination—
- Persuasion—
- Instructing+0.6 level
- Time Management—
Only in Industrial Ecologists
- Science
- Learning Strategies
Only in Landscape Architects
- Operations Analysis
- Service Orientation
- Negotiation