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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)

Transportation Planners

Career B (or your target career)

Chief Sustainability Officers

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Comparison table

MetricTransportation PlannersChief Sustainability Officers
National median salary$101,110$213,990
Local median salaryNot publishedNot published
National employment37,100204,350
Typical educationBachelor's DegreeMaster's Degree
Job zone45
Important skillsSpeaking, Reading Comprehension, Writing, Active Listening, Complex Problem SolvingWriting, Critical Thinking, Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, Speaking
Related careersHydrologic Technicians, First-Line Supervisors of Material-Moving Machine and Vehicle Operators, Industrial Ecologists, Sustainability SpecialistsEnergy Engineers, Except Wind and Solar, Environmental Science Teachers, Postsecondary, Water Resource Specialists, Environmental Economists

Career transition: skill overlap

Skill overlap

90%

18 of 20 target skills

Target-only skills

2

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

  • Critical Thinking
  • Writing+0.1 level
  • Active Listening
  • Speaking
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Complex Problem Solving
  • Systems Analysis
  • Judgment and Decision Making
  • Social Perceptiveness+0.9 level
  • Persuasion+0.6 level
  • Systems Evaluation
  • Monitoring+0.5 level
  • Active Learning
  • Coordination+0.1 level
  • Time Management+0.4 level
  • Learning Strategies+0.8 level
  • Service Orientation+0.3 level
  • Negotiation+0.3 level

Only in Chief Sustainability Officers

  • Instructing
  • Management of Personnel Resources

Only in Transportation Planners

  • Mathematics
  • Operations Analysis