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)
Nurse Anesthetists
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Comparison table
| Metric | Surgical Assistants | Nurse Anesthetists |
|---|---|---|
| National median salary | $66,800 | $236,590 |
| Local median salary | Not published | Not published |
| National employment | 22,270 | 51,840 |
| Typical education | Not recorded | Doctoral Degree |
| Job zone | 3 | 5 |
| Important skills | Active Listening, Speaking, Critical Thinking, Reading Comprehension, Monitoring | Critical Thinking, Reading Comprehension, Monitoring, Active Listening, Judgment and Decision Making |
| Related careers | Critical Care Nurses, Cardiologists, Emergency Medicine Physicians, Physician Assistants | Surgical Technologists, General Internal Medicine Physicians, Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric, Respiratory Therapists |
Career transition: skill overlap
Skill overlap
61%
14 of 23 target skills
Target-only skills
9
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
- Critical Thinking+0.5 level
- Reading Comprehension+0.3 level
- Active Listening+0.1 level
- Speaking+0.1 level
- Complex Problem Solving+1.1 level
- Judgment and Decision Making+1.0 level
- Active Learning+0.9 level
- Monitoring+0.5 level
- Social Perceptiveness+0.5 level
- Service Orientation+0.8 level
- Coordination+0.6 level
- Writing+0.1 level
- Learning Strategies+0.4 level
- Operations Monitoring—
Only in Nurse Anesthetists
- Science
- Time Management
- Instructing
- Mathematics
- Systems Evaluation
- Persuasion
- Systems Analysis
- Quality Control Analysis
- Negotiation
Only in Surgical Assistants
- None