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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)

Animal Caretakers

Career B (or your target career)

First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers

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Comparison table

MetricAnimal CaretakersFirst-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers
National median salary$35,360$59,320
Local median salaryNot publishedNot published
National employment266,91027,960
Typical educationHigh School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED)Bachelor's Degree
Job zone23
Important skillsMonitoring, Judgment and Decision Making, Coordination, Active Listening, Reading ComprehensionCritical Thinking, Coordination, Monitoring, Speaking, Management of Personnel Resources
Related careersFarmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers, Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists, Child, Family, and School Social Workers, PhlebotomistsFirst-Line Supervisors of Security Workers, Recycling Coordinators, Range Managers, Agricultural Technicians
Animal Caretakers dashboardFirst-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers dashboard

Career transition: skill overlap

Skill overlap

23%

5 of 22 target skills

Target-only skills

17

Current-only skills

1

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

  • Coordination+1.3 level
  • Monitoring+1.1 level
  • Reading Comprehension+0.7 level
  • Active Listening+0.5 level
  • Judgment and Decision Making+1.1 level

Only in First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers

  • Critical Thinking
  • Speaking
  • Time Management
  • Management of Personnel Resources
  • Operations Monitoring
  • Social Perceptiveness
  • Instructing
  • Complex Problem Solving
  • Learning Strategies
  • Writing
  • Quality Control Analysis
  • Systems Evaluation
  • Systems Analysis
  • Persuasion
  • Operation and Control
  • Negotiation
  • Active Learning

Only in Animal Caretakers

  • Service Orientation