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)
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists
Career B (or your target career)
Hazardous Materials Removal Workers
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Comparison table
| Metric | Occupational Health and Safety Specialists | Hazardous Materials Removal Workers |
|---|---|---|
| National median salary | $90,150 | $49,450 |
| Local median salary | Not published | Not published |
| National employment | 140,610 | 51,710 |
| Typical education | Bachelor's Degree | Not recorded |
| Job zone | 4 | 2 |
| Important skills | Reading Comprehension, Speaking, Writing, Active Listening, Complex Problem Solving | Monitoring, Critical Thinking, Active Listening, Coordination, Reading Comprehension |
| Related careers | First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers, Fire Inspectors and Investigators, Hazardous Materials Removal Workers, Fire-Prevention and Protection Engineers | Chemical Plant and System Operators, Helpers--Extraction Workers, Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors, Occupational Health and Safety Specialists |
Career transition: skill overlap
Skill overlap
90%
9 of 10 target skills
Target-only skills
1
Current-only skills
13
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
- Monitoring—
- Critical Thinking—
- Active Listening—
- Reading Comprehension—
- Operations Monitoring—
- Judgment and Decision Making—
- Time Management—
- Coordination—
- Speaking—
Only in Hazardous Materials Removal Workers
- Operation and Control
Only in Occupational Health and Safety Specialists
- Writing
- Systems Evaluation
- Social Perceptiveness
- Complex Problem Solving
- Systems Analysis
- Active Learning
- Instructing
- Persuasion
- Quality Control Analysis
- Operations Analysis
- Mathematics
- Learning Strategies
- Service Orientation