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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)

Orthoptists

Career B (or your target career)

Anesthesiologists

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Comparison table

MetricOrthoptistsAnesthesiologists
National median salary$115,210$391,490
Local median salaryNot publishedNot published
National employment28,63038,760
Typical educationNot recordedPost-Doctoral Training
Job zone55
Important skillsReading Comprehension, Active Listening, Critical Thinking, Speaking, Social PerceptivenessCritical Thinking, Judgment and Decision Making, Monitoring, Reading Comprehension, Science
Related careersClinical Nurse Specialists, Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Nurse Practitioners, Respiratory TherapistsOphthalmologists, Except Pediatric, Respiratory Therapists, Registered Nurses, Family Medicine Physicians

Career transition: skill overlap

Skill overlap

82%

18 of 22 target skills

Target-only skills

4

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+0.3 level
  • Judgment and Decision Making+0.4 level
  • Reading Comprehension+0.1 level
  • Monitoring+0.6 level
  • Science+0.4 level
  • Social Perceptiveness+0.1 level
  • Speaking
  • Complex Problem Solving+0.1 level
  • Active Listening
  • Writing
  • Time Management+0.9 level
  • Active Learning+0.1 level
  • Instructing+0.4 level
  • Service Orientation
  • Learning Strategies+0.1 level
  • Coordination+0.9 level
  • Systems Analysis
  • Systems Evaluation

Only in Anesthesiologists

  • Operations Monitoring
  • Management of Personnel Resources
  • Persuasion
  • Mathematics

Only in Orthoptists

  • None