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 Technologists

Career B (or your target career)

Nurse Anesthetists

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Comparison table

Metric	Surgical Technologists	Nurse Anesthetists
National median salary	$64,650	$236,590
Local median salary	Not published	Not published
National employment	117,460	51,840
Typical education	Not recorded	Doctoral Degree
Job zone	3	5
Important skills	Monitoring, Operations Monitoring, Active Listening, Speaking, Time Management	Critical Thinking, Reading Comprehension, Monitoring, Active Listening, Judgment and Decision Making
Related careers	Medical Assistants, Ophthalmic Medical Technologists, Respiratory Therapists, Neurodiagnostic Technologists	Surgical Technologists, General Internal Medicine Physicians, Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric, Respiratory Therapists

Surgical Technologists dashboard Nurse Anesthetists dashboard

Career transition: skill overlap

Skill overlap

65%

15 of 23 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

Critical Thinking+0.9 level
Reading Comprehension+0.6 level
Active Listening+0.3 level
Speaking+0.9 level
Complex Problem Solving+1.3 level
Judgment and Decision Making+1.1 level
Active Learning+1.0 level
Monitoring+0.4 level
Social Perceptiveness+0.9 level
Service Orientation+0.9 level
Coordination+0.4 level
Learning Strategies+0.5 level
Time Management+0.3 level
Operations Monitoring+0.3 level
Instructing+0.8 level

Only in Nurse Anesthetists

Science
Writing
Mathematics
Systems Evaluation
Persuasion
Systems Analysis
Quality Control Analysis
Negotiation

Only in Surgical Technologists

Management of Material Resources
Operation and Control