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)
Musicians and Singers
Career B (or your target career)
Historians
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Comparison table
| Metric | Musicians and Singers | Historians |
|---|---|---|
| National median salary | Not published | $76,750 |
| Local median salary | Not published | Not published |
| National employment | Not published | 3,450 |
| Typical education | Not recorded | Master's Degree |
| Job zone | 4 | 5 |
| Important skills | Speaking, Active Listening, Monitoring, Social Perceptiveness, Reading Comprehension | Reading Comprehension, Critical Thinking, Writing, Speaking, Active Learning |
| Related careers | Historians, Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education, Athletes and Sports Competitors, English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary | Editors, Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary, Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary, Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary |
Career transition: skill overlap
Skill overlap
54%
7 of 13 target skills
Target-only skills
6
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+2.0 level
- Critical Thinking+1.8 level
- Speaking+0.7 level
- Active Listening+0.8 level
- Social Perceptiveness—
- Monitoring+0.2 level
- Coordination—
Only in Historians
- Writing
- Active Learning
- Complex Problem Solving
- Learning Strategies
- Instructing
- Judgment and Decision Making
Only in Musicians and Singers
- None