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)
Respiratory Therapists
Career B (or your target career)
Clinical Nurse Specialists
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Comparison table
| Metric | Respiratory Therapists | Clinical Nurse Specialists |
|---|---|---|
| National median salary | $82,280 | $97,550 |
| Local median salary | Not published | Not published |
| National employment | 139,790 | 3,379,720 |
| Typical education | Not recorded | Master's Degree |
| Job zone | 3 | 5 |
| Important skills | Monitoring, Critical Thinking, Active Listening, Reading Comprehension, Speaking | Speaking, Monitoring, Service Orientation, Reading Comprehension, Social Perceptiveness |
| Related careers | Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians, Nurse Anesthetists, Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric, Clinical Nurse Specialists | Neurologists, Cardiologists, Paramedics, Psychiatrists |
Career transition: skill overlap
Skill overlap
77%
17 of 22 target skills
Target-only skills
5
Current-only skills
3
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+0.1 level
- Reading Comprehension+0.3 level
- Service Orientation+0.1 level
- Critical Thinking+0.3 level
- Judgment and Decision Making+0.8 level
- Active Learning+0.4 level
- Complex Problem Solving+0.9 level
- Active Listening+0.1 level
- Writing+0.6 level
- Coordination+0.9 level
- Persuasion+0.8 level
- Learning Strategies+0.9 level
- Time Management+1.0 level
- Instructing+0.9 level
- Science+0.4 level
Only in Clinical Nurse Specialists
- Management of Personnel Resources
- Systems Evaluation
- Systems Analysis
- Operations Analysis
- Negotiation
Only in Respiratory Therapists
- Operations Monitoring
- Operation and Control
- Quality Control Analysis