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 Therapy Assistants
Career B (or your target career)
Physical Therapists
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Comparison table
| Metric | Occupational Therapy Assistants | Physical Therapists |
|---|---|---|
| National median salary | $72,300 | $102,760 |
| Local median salary | Not published | Not published |
| National employment | 51,290 | 267,330 |
| Typical education | Associate's Degree or other 2-year degree | Doctoral Degree |
| Job zone | 3 | 5 |
| Important skills | Active Listening, Speaking, Service Orientation, Social Perceptiveness, Reading Comprehension | Speaking, Active Listening, Social Perceptiveness, Service Orientation, Reading Comprehension |
| Related careers | Emergency Medicine Physicians, Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians, Nurse Practitioners | Pediatricians, General, Registered Nurses, Radiation Therapists, Emergency Medicine Physicians |
Career transition: skill overlap
Skill overlap
84%
16 of 19 target skills
Target-only skills
3
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
- Social Perceptiveness+0.1 level
- Active Listening+0.2 level
- Service Orientation+0.8 level
- Critical Thinking+0.5 level
- Speaking+0.6 level
- Reading Comprehension+0.5 level
- Writing+0.6 level
- Monitoring+0.8 level
- Judgment and Decision Making+0.9 level
- Time Management+0.9 level
- Instructing+0.4 level
- Complex Problem Solving+0.4 level
- Coordination+0.6 level
- Systems Analysis+0.2 level
- Active Learning—
- Learning Strategies—
Only in Physical Therapists
- Systems Evaluation
- Negotiation
- Persuasion
Only in Occupational Therapy Assistants
- None