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)
Transit and Railroad Police
Career B (or your target career)
Airfield Operations Specialists
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Comparison table
| Metric | Transit and Railroad Police | Airfield Operations Specialists |
|---|---|---|
| National median salary | $90,230 | $56,850 |
| Local median salary | Not published | Not published |
| National employment | 4,390 | 15,190 |
| Typical education | Bachelor's Degree | Bachelor's Degree |
| Job zone | 3 | 3 |
| Important skills | Speaking, Active Listening, Critical Thinking, Complex Problem Solving, Monitoring | Monitoring, Active Listening, Reading Comprehension, Coordination, Speaking |
| Related careers | First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers, Correctional Officers and Jailers, Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance, Airfield Operations Specialists | Traffic Technicians, Ship Engineers, First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand, Locomotive Engineers |
Career transition: skill overlap
Skill overlap
83%
15 of 18 target skills
Target-only skills
3
Current-only skills
2
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+0.6 level
- Active Listening+0.8 level
- Reading Comprehension+0.8 level
- Coordination+0.8 level
- Speaking—
- Critical Thinking+0.5 level
- Complex Problem Solving+0.3 level
- Writing+0.3 level
- Judgment and Decision Making+0.1 level
- Active Learning+0.3 level
- Instructing+0.1 level
- Systems Analysis+0.3 level
- Time Management—
- Social Perceptiveness—
- Service Orientation—
Only in Airfield Operations Specialists
- Systems Evaluation
- Operations Monitoring
- Learning Strategies
Only in Transit and Railroad Police
- Negotiation
- Persuasion