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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)

Paramedics

Career B (or your target career)

Clinical Nurse Specialists

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Comparison table

MetricParamedicsClinical Nurse Specialists
National median salary$60,600$97,550
Local median salaryNot publishedNot published
National employment100,6103,379,720
Typical educationNot recordedMaster's Degree
Job zone35
Important skillsService Orientation, Critical Thinking, Coordination, Social Perceptiveness, Active ListeningSpeaking, Monitoring, Service Orientation, Reading Comprehension, Social Perceptiveness
Related careersPhysician Assistants, Family Medicine Physicians, Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians, Nurse MidwivesNeurologists, Cardiologists, Paramedics, Psychiatrists

Career transition: skill overlap

Skill overlap

59%

13 of 22 target skills

Target-only skills

9

Current-only skills

1

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+0.5 level
  • Social Perceptiveness+0.6 level
  • Reading Comprehension+0.8 level
  • Service Orientation+0.3 level
  • Critical Thinking+0.4 level
  • Judgment and Decision Making+1.0 level
  • Active Learning+0.6 level
  • Complex Problem Solving+0.9 level
  • Active Listening+0.6 level
  • Coordination+0.6 level
  • Persuasion+0.9 level
  • Instructing+0.7 level

Only in Clinical Nurse Specialists

  • Writing
  • Learning Strategies
  • Time Management
  • Management of Personnel Resources
  • Systems Evaluation
  • Systems Analysis
  • Operations Analysis
  • Science
  • Negotiation

Only in Paramedics

  • Operation and Control