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)
Parking Attendants
Career B (or your target career)
Railroad Conductors and Yardmasters
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Comparison table
| Metric | Parking Attendants | Railroad Conductors and Yardmasters |
|---|---|---|
| National median salary | $35,150 | $78,000 |
| Local median salary | Not published | Not published |
| National employment | 137,880 | 46,440 |
| Typical education | High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED) | High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED) |
| Job zone | 2 | 2 |
| Important skills | Speaking, Service Orientation, Active Listening, Social Perceptiveness, Critical Thinking | Speaking, Coordination, Monitoring, Critical Thinking, Time Management |
| Related careers | Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators, Food Servers, Nonrestaurant, Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks, Railroad Conductors and Yardmasters | Highway Maintenance Workers, Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers, First-Line Supervisors of Passenger Attendants, Power Distributors and Dispatchers |
Career transition: skill overlap
Skill overlap
11%
2 of 18 target skills
Target-only skills
16
Current-only skills
2
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+0.7 level
- Active Listening+0.4 level
Only in Railroad Conductors and Yardmasters
- Coordination
- Monitoring
- Critical Thinking
- Time Management
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Operations Monitoring
- Operation and Control
- Complex Problem Solving
- Reading Comprehension
- Management of Personnel Resources
- Writing
- Active Learning
- Persuasion
- Quality Control Analysis
- Systems Analysis
- Systems Evaluation
Only in Parking Attendants
- Service Orientation
- Social Perceptiveness