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)
Recreational Therapists
Career B (or your target career)
Clinical Nurse Specialists
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Comparison table
| Metric | Recreational Therapists | Clinical Nurse Specialists |
|---|---|---|
| National median salary | $61,960 | $97,550 |
| Local median salary | Not published | Not published |
| National employment | 14,930 | 3,379,720 |
| Typical education | Bachelor's Degree | Master's Degree |
| Job zone | 4 | 5 |
| Important skills | Service Orientation, Coordination, Speaking, Active Listening, Social Perceptiveness | Speaking, Monitoring, Service Orientation, Reading Comprehension, Social Perceptiveness |
| Related careers | Massage Therapists, Clinical Nurse Specialists, Marriage and Family Therapists, Psychiatrists | Neurologists, Cardiologists, Paramedics, Psychiatrists |
Career transition: skill overlap
Skill overlap
86%
19 of 22 target skills
Target-only skills
3
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
- Speaking+0.1 level
- Monitoring+0.1 level
- Social Perceptiveness+0.1 level
- Reading Comprehension+0.4 level
- Service Orientation—
- Critical Thinking+0.3 level
- Judgment and Decision Making+1.1 level
- Active Learning+1.0 level
- Complex Problem Solving+0.6 level
- Active Listening+0.1 level
- Writing—
- Coordination+0.1 level
- Persuasion+0.1 level
- Learning Strategies+0.5 level
- Time Management+0.9 level
- Instructing+0.4 level
- Systems Evaluation+0.3 level
- Systems Analysis+0.4 level
- Negotiation—
Only in Clinical Nurse Specialists
- Management of Personnel Resources
- Operations Analysis
- Science
Only in Recreational Therapists
- None