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)
Loan Officers
Career B (or your target career)
Accountants and Auditors
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Comparison table
| Metric | Loan Officers | Accountants and Auditors |
|---|---|---|
| National median salary | $76,690 | $83,680 |
| Local median salary | Not published | Not published |
| National employment | 274,330 | 1,449,500 |
| Typical education | Bachelor's Degree | Not recorded |
| Job zone | 4 | 4 |
| Important skills | Active Listening, Speaking, Judgment and Decision Making, Reading Comprehension, Critical Thinking | Reading Comprehension, Judgment and Decision Making, Active Listening, Writing, Complex Problem Solving |
| Related careers | Tax Preparers, Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks, Accountants and Auditors, Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel, Statistical Assistants, Brokerage Clerks, Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists |
Career transition: skill overlap
Skill overlap
80%
12 of 15 target skills
Target-only skills
3
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—
- Writing—
- Judgment and Decision Making—
- Complex Problem Solving+0.4 level
- Critical Thinking—
- Active Listening—
- Mathematics+0.3 level
- Speaking—
- Social Perceptiveness+0.3 level
- Active Learning+0.1 level
- Service Orientation—
- Time Management—
Only in Accountants and Auditors
- Monitoring
- Persuasion
- Coordination
Only in Loan Officers
- None