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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)

Occupational Therapy Assistants

Career B (or your target career)

Clinical Nurse Specialists

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Comparison table

Metric	Occupational Therapy Assistants	Clinical Nurse Specialists
National median salary	$72,300	$97,550
Local median salary	Not published	Not published
National employment	51,290	3,379,720
Typical education	Associate's Degree or other 2-year degree	Master's Degree
Job zone	3	5
Important skills	Active Listening, Speaking, Service Orientation, Social Perceptiveness, Reading Comprehension	Speaking, Monitoring, Service Orientation, Reading Comprehension, Social Perceptiveness
Related careers	Emergency Medicine Physicians, Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians, Nurse Practitioners	Neurologists, Cardiologists, Paramedics, Psychiatrists

Occupational Therapy Assistants dashboard Clinical Nurse Specialists dashboard

Career transition: skill overlap

Skill overlap

73%

16 of 22 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

Speaking+0.6 level
Monitoring+0.9 level
Social Perceptiveness+0.4 level
Reading Comprehension+0.5 level
Service Orientation+0.8 level
Critical Thinking+0.9 level
Judgment and Decision Making+1.3 level
Active Learning+1.0 level
Complex Problem Solving+1.1 level
Active Listening+0.2 level
Writing+0.6 level
Coordination+0.9 level
Learning Strategies+0.8 level
Time Management+1.1 level
Instructing+0.9 level
Systems Analysis+0.4 level

Only in Clinical Nurse Specialists

Persuasion
Management of Personnel Resources
Systems Evaluation
Operations Analysis
Science
Negotiation

Only in Occupational Therapy Assistants

None