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)
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
Career B (or your target career)
Compliance Officers
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Comparison table
| Metric | Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | Compliance Officers |
|---|---|---|
| National median salary | $55,570 | $80,730 |
| Local median salary | Not published | Not published |
| National employment | 156,280 | 417,070 |
| Typical education | Associate's Degree or other 2-year degree | Not recorded |
| Job zone | 3 | 4 |
| Important skills | Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, Writing, Speaking, Time Management | Reading Comprehension, Speaking, Writing, Active Listening, Judgment and Decision Making |
| Related careers | Compliance Officers, Private Detectives and Investigators, File Clerks, Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks | Lawyers, Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents, Administrative Services Managers, Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers |
Career transition: skill overlap
Skill overlap
67%
10 of 15 target skills
Target-only skills
5
Current-only skills
0
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—
- Speaking+0.4 level
- Active Listening—
- Writing—
- Critical Thinking+0.6 level
- Social Perceptiveness+0.4 level
- Monitoring+0.6 level
- Time Management+0.1 level
- Coordination+0.2 level
- Service Orientation+0.1 level
Only in Compliance Officers
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Complex Problem Solving
- Persuasion
- Negotiation
- Active Learning
Only in Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
- None