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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)

Radiation Therapists

Career B (or your target career)

Acute Care Nurses

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Comparison table

Metric	Radiation Therapists	Acute Care Nurses
National median salary	$105,310	$97,550
Local median salary	Not published	Not published
National employment	17,070	3,379,720
Typical education	Associate's Degree or other 2-year degree	Bachelor's Degree
Job zone	3	4
Important skills	Active Listening, Reading Comprehension, Critical Thinking, Operations Monitoring, Social Perceptiveness	Speaking, Critical Thinking, Reading Comprehension, Service Orientation, Writing
Related careers	Anesthesiologist Assistants, Acute Care Nurses, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians, Emergency Medicine Physicians	Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians, Family Medicine Physicians, Nurse Anesthetists, Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric

Radiation Therapists dashboard Acute Care Nurses dashboard

Career transition: skill overlap

Skill overlap

61%

14 of 23 target skills

Target-only skills

Current-only skills

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+1.0 level
Service Orientation+1.0 level
Critical Thinking+0.3 level
Speaking+0.5 level
Active Learning+1.3 level
Complex Problem Solving+0.5 level
Writing+0.8 level
Coordination+0.8 level
Active Listening+0.2 level
Monitoring+0.9 level
Social Perceptiveness+1.1 level
Time Management+0.1 level
Instructing+0.7 level
Operations Monitoring—

Only in Acute Care Nurses

Judgment and Decision Making
Learning Strategies
Management of Personnel Resources
Persuasion
Systems Evaluation
Mathematics
Science
Negotiation
Systems Analysis

Only in Radiation Therapists

Operation and Control