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)
Nuclear Monitoring Technicians
Career B (or your target career)
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists
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Comparison table
| Metric | Nuclear Monitoring Technicians | Occupational Health and Safety Specialists |
|---|---|---|
| National median salary | $110,240 | $90,150 |
| Local median salary | Not published | Not published |
| National employment | 6,470 | 140,610 |
| Typical education | Associate's Degree or other 2-year degree | Bachelor's Degree |
| Job zone | 3 | 4 |
| Important skills | Monitoring, Critical Thinking, Active Listening, Operations Monitoring, Reading Comprehension | Reading Comprehension, Speaking, Writing, Active Listening, Complex Problem Solving |
| Related careers | Chemists, Hazardous Materials Removal Workers, Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors, Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment | First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers, Fire Inspectors and Investigators, Hazardous Materials Removal Workers, Fire-Prevention and Protection Engineers |
Career transition: skill overlap
Skill overlap
82%
18 of 22 target skills
Target-only skills
4
Current-only skills
1
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—
- Active Listening+0.1 level
- Writing+0.4 level
- Speaking+0.6 level
- Critical Thinking—
- Social Perceptiveness+0.9 level
- Complex Problem Solving+0.5 level
- Judgment and Decision Making+0.4 level
- Systems Analysis+0.6 level
- Monitoring—
- Active Learning+0.8 level
- Instructing+0.4 level
- Quality Control Analysis+0.3 level
- Mathematics+0.1 level
- Learning Strategies+0.4 level
- Coordination+0.1 level
- Operations Monitoring—
- Time Management—
Only in Occupational Health and Safety Specialists
- Systems Evaluation
- Persuasion
- Operations Analysis
- Service Orientation
Only in Nuclear Monitoring Technicians
- Science