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)
Respiratory Therapists
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Comparison table
| Metric | Surgical Technologists | Respiratory Therapists |
|---|---|---|
| National median salary | $64,650 | $82,280 |
| Local median salary | Not published | Not published |
| National employment | 117,460 | 139,790 |
| Typical education | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Job zone | 3 | 3 |
| Important skills | Monitoring, Operations Monitoring, Active Listening, Speaking, Time Management | Monitoring, Critical Thinking, Active Listening, Reading Comprehension, Speaking |
| Related careers | Medical Assistants, Ophthalmic Medical Technologists, Respiratory Therapists, Neurodiagnostic Technologists | Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians, Nurse Anesthetists, Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric, Clinical Nurse Specialists |
Career transition: skill overlap
Skill overlap
80%
16 of 20 target skills
Target-only skills
4
Current-only skills
1
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+0.4 level
- Active Listening+0.3 level
- Critical Thinking+0.9 level
- Social Perceptiveness+1.1 level
- Reading Comprehension+0.5 level
- Speaking+1.0 level
- Service Orientation+0.8 level
- Complex Problem Solving+0.3 level
- Active Learning+0.9 level
- Judgment and Decision Making+0.5 level
- Coordination—
- Operations Monitoring+0.1 level
- Operation and Control+0.1 level
- Instructing+0.3 level
- Learning Strategies+0.1 level
- Time Management—
Only in Respiratory Therapists
- Writing
- Quality Control Analysis
- Persuasion
- Science
Only in Surgical Technologists
- Management of Material Resources