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)
Passenger Attendants
Career B (or your target career)
Airfield Operations Specialists
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Comparison table
| Metric | Passenger Attendants | Airfield Operations Specialists |
|---|---|---|
| National median salary | $37,720 | $56,850 |
| Local median salary | Not published | Not published |
| National employment | 27,110 | 15,190 |
| Typical education | Not recorded | Bachelor's Degree |
| Job zone | 2 | 3 |
| Important skills | Speaking, Active Listening, Social Perceptiveness, Service Orientation, Monitoring | Monitoring, Active Listening, Reading Comprehension, Coordination, Speaking |
| Related careers | School Bus Monitors, Orderlies, Taxi Drivers, Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks | Traffic Technicians, Ship Engineers, First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand, Locomotive Engineers |
Career transition: skill overlap
Skill overlap
39%
7 of 18 target skills
Target-only skills
11
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
- Monitoring+1.0 level
- Active Listening+1.0 level
- Speaking+0.9 level
- Critical Thinking+0.5 level
- Instructing+0.6 level
- Social Perceptiveness—
- Service Orientation—
Only in Airfield Operations Specialists
- Reading Comprehension
- Coordination
- Complex Problem Solving
- Writing
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Active Learning
- Systems Analysis
- Systems Evaluation
- Time Management
- Operations Monitoring
- Learning Strategies
Only in Passenger Attendants
- Persuasion