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)
School Bus Monitors
Career B (or your target career)
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors
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Comparison table
| Metric | School Bus Monitors | Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors |
|---|---|---|
| National median salary | $35,100 | $64,330 |
| Local median salary | Not published | Not published |
| National employment | 78,420 | 353,310 |
| Typical education | Not recorded | Bachelor's Degree |
| Job zone | 2 | 5 |
| Important skills | Monitoring, Social Perceptiveness, Speaking, Active Listening, Service Orientation | Active Listening, Speaking, Social Perceptiveness, Service Orientation, Writing |
| Related careers | Tutors, Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors, Transit and Railroad Police, Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education | Training and Development Specialists, Mental Health Counselors, Clinical and Counseling Psychologists, Special Education Teachers, Middle School |
Career transition: skill overlap
Skill overlap
26%
5 of 19 target skills
Target-only skills
14
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
- Active Listening+1.4 level
- Social Perceptiveness+2.1 level
- Speaking+1.4 level
- Service Orientation+1.3 level
- Monitoring+0.8 level
Only in Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors
- Reading Comprehension
- Critical Thinking
- Writing
- Active Learning
- Learning Strategies
- Complex Problem Solving
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Coordination
- Persuasion
- Instructing
- Negotiation
- Time Management
- Systems Evaluation
- Systems Analysis
Only in School Bus Monitors
- None