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)

Solar Energy Installation Managers

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Comparison table

Metric	Landscape Architects	Solar Energy Installation Managers
National median salary	$79,870	$79,920
Local median salary	Not published	Not published
National employment	19,600	812,210
Typical education	Bachelor's Degree	High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED)
Job zone	4	3
Important skills	Speaking, Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, Critical Thinking, Complex Problem Solving	Monitoring, Coordination, Time Management, Management of Personnel Resources, Reading Comprehension
Related careers	Surveying and Mapping Technicians, Range Managers, Agricultural Engineers, Water Resource Specialists	Weatherization Installers and Technicians, Architects, Except Landscape and Naval, Geothermal Production Managers, Civil Engineers

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Career transition: skill overlap

Skill overlap

86%

19 of 22 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

Coordination—
Monitoring+0.1 level
Time Management—
Management of Personnel Resources+0.6 level
Reading Comprehension—
Speaking—
Critical Thinking—
Active Listening—
Instructing+0.3 level
Persuasion—
Judgment and Decision Making—
Negotiation+0.5 level
Complex Problem Solving—
Service Orientation—
Social Perceptiveness—
Systems Analysis—
Systems Evaluation—
Writing—
Active Learning—

Only in Solar Energy Installation Managers

Quality Control Analysis
Learning Strategies
Operations Monitoring

Only in Landscape Architects

Operations Analysis
Mathematics