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)

Medical and Health Services Managers

Career B (or your target career)

Registered Nurses

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Comparison table

Metric	Medical and Health Services Managers	Registered Nurses
National median salary	$123,860	$97,550
Local median salary	Not published	Not published
National employment	597,080	3,379,720
Typical education	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor's Degree
Job zone	4	4
Important skills	Critical Thinking, Speaking, Management of Personnel Resources, Active Listening, Time Management	Social Perceptiveness, Coordination, Speaking, Active Listening, Service Orientation
Related careers	Administrative Services Managers, Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Clinical Research Coordinators, Registered Nurses	Hospitalists, Cardiologists, General Internal Medicine Physicians, Obstetricians and Gynecologists

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Career transition: skill overlap

Skill overlap

94%

17 of 18 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

Social Perceptiveness+0.4 level
Critical Thinking—
Service Orientation+0.3 level
Coordination—
Speaking+0.3 level
Active Listening+0.1 level
Reading Comprehension+0.1 level
Judgment and Decision Making—
Writing—
Monitoring—
Active Learning+0.2 level
Complex Problem Solving—
Instructing—
Learning Strategies—
Time Management—
Systems Evaluation—
Systems Analysis—

Only in Registered Nurses

Operations Monitoring

Only in Medical and Health Services Managers

Management of Personnel Resources
Negotiation
Persuasion
Operations Analysis
Management of Financial Resources
Management of Material Resources