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)
Orderlies
Career B (or your target career)
Acute Care Nurses
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Comparison table
| Metric | Orderlies | Acute Care Nurses |
|---|---|---|
| National median salary | $38,290 | $97,550 |
| Local median salary | Not published | Not published |
| National employment | 52,440 | 3,379,720 |
| Typical education | High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED) | Bachelor's Degree |
| Job zone | 2 | 4 |
| Important skills | Service Orientation, Social Perceptiveness, Active Listening, Speaking, Coordination | Speaking, Critical Thinking, Reading Comprehension, Service Orientation, Writing |
| Related careers | Occupational Therapy Assistants, Respiratory Therapists, Patient Representatives, Registered Nurses | Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians, Family Medicine Physicians, Nurse Anesthetists, Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric |
Career transition: skill overlap
Skill overlap
17%
4 of 23 target skills
Target-only skills
19
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
- Service Orientation+1.6 level
- Speaking+1.9 level
- Active Listening+1.6 level
- Social Perceptiveness+2.3 level
Only in Acute Care Nurses
- Reading Comprehension
- Critical Thinking
- Active Learning
- Complex Problem Solving
- Writing
- Coordination
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Monitoring
- Time Management
- Instructing
- Learning Strategies
- Management of Personnel Resources
- Persuasion
- Systems Evaluation
- Mathematics
- Operations Monitoring
- Science
- Negotiation
- Systems Analysis
Only in Orderlies
- None