Compare Commercial Pilots & Air Traffic Controllers District Of Columbia

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Salary

View the mid-level salary in both your current job and your selected occupation. (Annual salaries apply to people who work full-time year-round.)

Commercial Pilots Not Available
Air Traffic Controllers $143,200

Similar skills & knowledge

These skills are commonly used in both your current job and your selected occupation.

Transportation
Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.

Active Learning
Figuring out how to use new ideas or things.

Instructing
Teaching people how to do something.

Mathematics
Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.

Geography
Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life.

Learning Strategies
Using the best training or teaching strategies for learning new things.

Reading Comprehension
Reading work-related information.

Customer and Personal Service
Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

Computers and Electronics
Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

Active Listening
Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.

Critical Thinking
Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.

Social Perceptiveness
Understanding people's reactions.

Systems Analysis
Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it.

Monitoring
Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements.

Speaking
Talking to others.

English Language
Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

Judgment and Decision Making
Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one.

Coordination
Changing what is done based on other people's actions.

Time Management
Managing your time and the time of other people.

Systems Evaluation
Measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it.


skills & knowledge Gaps

These are areas where you might have skill gaps. People working in your selected job generally need higher levels in these skill and knowledge areas than people working in your current job.

Public Safety and Security Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Commercial Pilots
Commercial Pilots
Low
Public Safety and Security Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Air Traffic Controllers
Air Traffic Controllers
Medium

Public Safety and Security
Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.

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Typical Level Of Training

See how much education people typically have in your selected job, and then use the link to find training programs in your local area.

Typical level Of training for Commercial Pilots
Commercial Pilots

Postsecondary certificate

Typical level Of training for Air Traffic Controllers
Air Traffic Controllers

Licensing

Many states require licenses for certain jobs. See if your selected occupation requires a license and if so, follow the link to find information for your state.

Licensing for Commercial Pilots
Commercial Pilots

No license found in District of Columbia

Licensing for Air Traffic Controllers
Air Traffic Controllers

No license found in District of Columbia


Certification

Certifications help you get ahead or qualify for different jobs. You usually have to pass a test to earn one, and then you can show employers that you have the skills and knowledge needed to do well on the job.

Certification for Commercial Pilots
Commercial Pilots

31 related certifications

Certification for Air Traffic Controllers
Air Traffic Controllers

2 related certifications

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