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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)

Nursing Assistants

Career B (or your target career)

Nurse Anesthetists

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Comparison table

MetricNursing AssistantsNurse Anesthetists
National median salary$42,260$236,590
Local median salaryNot publishedNot published
National employment1,448,91051,840
Typical educationHigh School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED)Doctoral Degree
Job zone35
Important skillsService Orientation, Active Listening, Social Perceptiveness, Monitoring, Reading ComprehensionCritical Thinking, Reading Comprehension, Monitoring, Active Listening, Judgment and Decision Making
Related careersOrderlies, Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses, Nurse Anesthetists, Occupational Therapy AidesSurgical Technologists, General Internal Medicine Physicians, Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric, Respiratory Therapists

Career transition: skill overlap

Skill overlap

35%

8 of 23 target skills

Target-only skills

15

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

  • Critical Thinking+0.9 level
  • Reading Comprehension+1.3 level
  • Active Listening+1.0 level
  • Speaking+1.0 level
  • Monitoring+1.0 level
  • Social Perceptiveness+0.6 level
  • Service Orientation+0.1 level
  • Coordination+0.9 level

Only in Nurse Anesthetists

  • Complex Problem Solving
  • Judgment and Decision Making
  • Active Learning
  • Science
  • Writing
  • Learning Strategies
  • Time Management
  • Operations Monitoring
  • Instructing
  • Mathematics
  • Systems Evaluation
  • Persuasion
  • Systems Analysis
  • Quality Control Analysis
  • Negotiation

Only in Nursing Assistants

  • None