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)

Rehabilitation Counselors

Career B (or your target career)

Marriage and Family Therapists

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Comparison table

Metric	Rehabilitation Counselors	Marriage and Family Therapists
National median salary	$46,850	$66,940
Local median salary	Not published	Not published
National employment	94,740	66,740
Typical education	Not recorded	Not recorded
Job zone	5	5
Important skills	Social Perceptiveness, Speaking, Monitoring, Active Listening, Service Orientation	Active Listening, Social Perceptiveness, Speaking, Service Orientation, Complex Problem Solving
Related careers	Physical Therapist Aides, Low Vision Therapists, Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and Vision Rehabilitation Therapists, Psychiatric Aides, Health Education Specialists	Clinical Neuropsychologists, Neuropsychologists, Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses, Family Medicine Physicians

Rehabilitation Counselors dashboard Marriage and Family Therapists dashboard

Career transition: skill overlap

Skill overlap

90%

18 of 20 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

Active Listening+0.6 level
Social Perceptiveness+0.6 level
Speaking—
Service Orientation+0.1 level
Judgment and Decision Making+0.5 level
Reading Comprehension+0.1 level
Complex Problem Solving+0.4 level
Active Learning+0.6 level
Monitoring—
Writing+0.1 level
Critical Thinking+0.1 level
Coordination—
Persuasion+0.1 level
Instructing+0.8 level
Learning Strategies+0.1 level
Systems Evaluation+0.1 level
Systems Analysis+0.1 level
Time Management—

Only in Marriage and Family Therapists

Negotiation
Management of Personnel Resources

Only in Rehabilitation Counselors

None