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)

Airfield Operations Specialists

Career B (or your target career)

Facilities Managers

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Comparison table

Metric	Airfield Operations Specialists	Facilities Managers
National median salary	$56,850	$106,660
Local median salary	Not published	Not published
National employment	15,190	156,180
Typical education	Bachelor's Degree	Associate's Degree or other 2-year degree
Job zone	3	3
Important skills	Monitoring, Active Listening, Reading Comprehension, Coordination, Speaking	Speaking, Critical Thinking, Active Listening, Monitoring, Reading Comprehension
Related careers	Traffic Technicians, Ship Engineers, First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand, Locomotive Engineers	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers, First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers, Solar Energy Installation Managers, Management Analysts

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Career transition: skill overlap

Skill overlap

85%

17 of 20 target skills

Target-only skills

Current-only skills

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

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

Only in Facilities Managers

Management of Personnel Resources
Persuasion
Negotiation

Only in Airfield Operations Specialists

Operations Monitoring