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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)

Speech-Language Pathology Assistants

Career B (or your target career)

Rehabilitation Counselors

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Comparison table

Metric	Speech-Language Pathology Assistants	Rehabilitation Counselors
National median salary	$48,430	$46,850
Local median salary	Not published	Not published
National employment	109,740	94,740
Typical education	Associate's Degree or other 2-year degree	Not recorded
Job zone	3	5
Important skills	Active Listening, Reading Comprehension, Speaking, Social Perceptiveness, Service Orientation	Social Perceptiveness, Speaking, Monitoring, Active Listening, Service Orientation
Related careers	Emergency Medicine Physicians, Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians, Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses, Hearing Aid Specialists	Physical Therapist Aides, Low Vision Therapists, Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and Vision Rehabilitation Therapists, Psychiatric Aides, Health Education Specialists

Speech-Language Pathology Assistants dashboard Rehabilitation Counselors dashboard

Career transition: skill overlap

Skill overlap

72%

13 of 18 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

Social Perceptiveness+1.1 level
Speaking+0.2 level
Active Listening+0.3 level
Monitoring+0.5 level
Service Orientation+0.7 level
Reading Comprehension+0.1 level
Critical Thinking+0.4 level
Writing+0.8 level
Judgment and Decision Making+0.5 level
Active Learning+0.4 level
Learning Strategies+0.3 level
Complex Problem Solving+0.6 level
Instructing—

Only in Rehabilitation Counselors

Coordination
Systems Evaluation
Time Management
Systems Analysis
Persuasion

Only in Speech-Language Pathology Assistants

None