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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

MetricTransit and Railroad PoliceAirfield Operations Specialists
National median salary$90,230$56,850
Local median salaryNot publishedNot published
National employment4,39015,190
Typical educationBachelor's DegreeBachelor's Degree
Job zone33
Important skillsSpeaking, Active Listening, Critical Thinking, Complex Problem Solving, MonitoringMonitoring, Active Listening, Reading Comprehension, Coordination, Speaking
Related careersFirst-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers, Correctional Officers and Jailers, Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance, Airfield Operations SpecialistsTraffic 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