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)
Surgical Assistants
Career B (or your target career)
Critical Care Nurses
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Comparison table
| Metric | Surgical Assistants | Critical Care Nurses |
|---|---|---|
| National median salary | $66,800 | $97,550 |
| Local median salary | Not published | Not published |
| National employment | 22,270 | 3,379,720 |
| Typical education | Not recorded | Bachelor's Degree |
| Job zone | 3 | 4 |
| Important skills | Active Listening, Speaking, Critical Thinking, Reading Comprehension, Monitoring | Monitoring, Reading Comprehension, Speaking, Active Listening, Service Orientation |
| Related careers | Critical Care Nurses, Cardiologists, Emergency Medicine Physicians, Physician Assistants | Hospitalists, Pediatric Surgeons, Pediatricians, General, Family Medicine Physicians |
Career transition: skill overlap
Skill overlap
70%
14 of 20 target skills
Target-only skills
6
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
- Monitoring+0.5 level
- Service Orientation+0.8 level
- Speaking+0.1 level
- Reading Comprehension—
- Active Listening+0.1 level
- Critical Thinking+0.6 level
- Social Perceptiveness+0.7 level
- Active Learning+0.9 level
- Complex Problem Solving+0.3 level
- Judgment and Decision Making+0.9 level
- Coordination+0.8 level
- Writing+0.6 level
- Operations Monitoring—
- Learning Strategies+0.5 level
Only in Critical Care Nurses
- Instructing
- Time Management
- Negotiation
- Persuasion
- Management of Personnel Resources
- Science
Only in Surgical Assistants
- None