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)
Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators
Career B (or your target career)
Roustabouts, Oil and Gas
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Comparison table
| Metric | Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators | Roustabouts, Oil and Gas |
|---|---|---|
| National median salary | $70,070 | $46,960 |
| Local median salary | Not published | Not published |
| National employment | 19,580 | 44,970 |
| Typical education | Not recorded | Less than a High School Diploma |
| Job zone | 2 | 2 |
| Important skills | Operations Monitoring, Operation and Control, Equipment Maintenance, Repairing, Time Management | Critical Thinking, Judgment and Decision Making, Operation and Control, Quality Control Analysis, Operations Monitoring |
| Related careers | Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers, Loading and Moving Machine Operators, Underground Mining, Structural Iron and Steel Workers, Riggers | Pile Driver Operators, Helpers--Electricians, Engine and Other Machine Assemblers, Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining |
Career transition: skill overlap
Skill overlap
83%
5 of 6 target skills
Target-only skills
1
Current-only skills
5
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—
- Operations Monitoring—
- Quality Control Analysis—
- Judgment and Decision Making—
- Operation and Control—
Only in Roustabouts, Oil and Gas
- Critical Thinking
Only in Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators
- Equipment Maintenance
- Repairing
- Time Management
- Active Listening
- Troubleshooting