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)

Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers

Career B (or your target career)

Compliance Officers

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Comparison table

MetricPolice and Sheriff's Patrol OfficersCompliance Officers
National median salary$76,210$80,730
Local median salaryNot publishedNot published
National employment670,520417,070
Typical educationNot recordedNot recorded
Job zone34
Important skillsActive Listening, Social Perceptiveness, Active Learning, Speaking, Critical ThinkingReading Comprehension, Speaking, Writing, Active Listening, Judgment and Decision Making
Related careersCourt, Municipal, and License Clerks, Intelligence Analysts, Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers, CoronersLawyers, Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents, Administrative Services Managers, Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers

Career transition: skill overlap

Skill overlap

100%

15 of 15 target skills

Target-only skills

0

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

  • Reading Comprehension
  • Speaking
  • Active Listening
  • Writing
  • Judgment and Decision Making
  • Critical Thinking
  • Social Perceptiveness
  • Monitoring
  • Complex Problem Solving
  • Time Management+0.1 level
  • Persuasion
  • Coordination
  • Negotiation
  • Service Orientation
  • Active Learning

Only in Compliance Officers

  • None

Only in Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers

  • None