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Career change

Could you move from Secondary Teacher to Occupational Therapist?

Secondary Teacher Occupational Therapist

See what transfers, what changes and which gaps may make this move easier or harder.

Overall transition

Higherdifficulty

46/100 experimental compatibility

Current official median$72,040Secondary Teacher
Target official median$98,340+37% against current-career median
Estimated retrainingUp to 2 yearsExperimental, low-confidence band · not a course-duration promise
Assessment confidenceHighHigh — strong mapping and core-metric coverage.

What shapes this move

Six factors, shown separately

Pay and pathway facts stay separate from OccupationHQ calculations.

Skill overlapstructured profile
Low

0 listed strengths transfer directly.

0/100 component score
Knowledge overlapunsupported
Unavailable

Structured knowledge-domain data is not yet available for both careers.

Education compatibilityderived
High

The target sits 1 education band above the current path.

68/100 component score
Qualification gapderived
Low

Target pathway: State licensure required.

28/100 component score
Work-context similarityderived
High

Compares six existing work-characteristic signals.

89/100 component score
Local demand changederived
Low

The target has a weaker local market signal.

0/100 component score

What carries over

Transferable strengths

No exact overlap appears among the currently listed strengths. This does not mean no real-world transfer exists; the structured profile is deliberately limited.

What may need building

Target strength gaps

  • Active listening
  • Treatment planning
  • Social perceptiveness

Source-backed pathway

Master’s degree

State licensure required

These are target-career facts—not a claim about your personal eligibility or an exact retraining duration.

The work itself

How the work may change

Higher means more of the named characteristic, not better.

People contact81 → 94

O*NET-derived proxy outside the US. Higher means more of the named characteristic, not better.

Physical demand42 → 55

O*NET-derived proxy outside the US. Higher means more of the named characteristic, not better.

Pressure45 → 55

O*NET-derived proxy outside the US. Higher means more of the named characteristic, not better.

Analytical content64 → 70

O*NET-derived proxy outside the US. Higher means more of the named characteristic, not better.

Technical content47 → 45

O*NET-derived proxy outside the US. Higher means more of the named characteristic, not better.

Schedule consistency92 → 85

Experimental schedule signal. Higher means more of the named characteristic, not better.

Potential advantages

What may improve

  • +37% against the current-career official median.

Potential disadvantages

What needs checking

  • Target pathway: State licensure required.
  • The target does not reduce the physical-demand signal.
  • The target does not reduce the people-intensity signal.
  • The target does not reduce the time-pressure signal.

Difficulty contributors

Why higher

  • Limited direct overlap among listed strengths
  • Familiar work-context pattern
  • Higher typical education band
  • Target credential requirement: State licensure required

Next steps

Compare the options, then decide

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How scores work

Career-change scores are experimental

Pay and pathway details use the selected country. Fit, overlap, difficulty and retraining bands are OccupationHQ calculations. See how scores work.