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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)

Preventive Medicine Physicians

Career B (or your target career)

Clinical Nurse Specialists

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Comparison table

MetricPreventive Medicine PhysiciansClinical Nurse Specialists
National median salary$265,930$97,550
Local median salaryNot publishedNot published
National employment342,7203,379,720
Typical educationPost-Doctoral TrainingMaster's Degree
Job zone55
Important skillsReading Comprehension, Speaking, Active Listening, Complex Problem Solving, Judgment and Decision MakingSpeaking, Monitoring, Service Orientation, Reading Comprehension, Social Perceptiveness
Related careersNeurologists, Pediatric Surgeons, Psychiatrists, Physician AssistantsNeurologists, Cardiologists, Paramedics, Psychiatrists

Career transition: skill overlap

Skill overlap

95%

21 of 22 target skills

Target-only skills

1

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
  • Monitoring
  • Social Perceptiveness
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Service Orientation
  • Critical Thinking
  • Judgment and Decision Making
  • Active Learning
  • Complex Problem Solving
  • Active Listening
  • Writing
  • Coordination
  • Persuasion
  • Learning Strategies
  • Time Management+0.1 level
  • Instructing
  • Management of Personnel Resources
  • Systems Evaluation
  • Systems Analysis
  • Science
  • Negotiation

Only in Clinical Nurse Specialists

  • Operations Analysis

Only in Preventive Medicine Physicians

  • Mathematics