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)
Butchers and Meat Cutters
Career B (or your target career)
Food Scientists and Technologists
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Comparison table
| Metric | Butchers and Meat Cutters | Food Scientists and Technologists |
|---|---|---|
| National median salary | $40,140 | $88,720 |
| Local median salary | Not published | Not published |
| National employment | 136,430 | 13,060 |
| Typical education | High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED) | Bachelor's Degree |
| Job zone | 2 | 4 |
| Important skills | Active Listening, Monitoring, Reading Comprehension, Speaking, Time Management | Critical Thinking, Active Learning, Reading Comprehension, Complex Problem Solving, Writing |
| Related careers | First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Packers and Packagers, Hand, Food Scientists and Technologists, Food Servers, Nonrestaurant | Cooks, Restaurant, Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products, Industrial Ecologists, Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians |
Career transition: skill overlap
Skill overlap
36%
8 of 22 target skills
Target-only skills
14
Current-only skills
0
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
- Reading Comprehension+1.6 level
- Critical Thinking+1.5 level
- Speaking+1.0 level
- Active Listening+1.1 level
- Monitoring+1.0 level
- Social Perceptiveness+0.2 level
- Time Management+0.5 level
- Service Orientation+0.1 level
Only in Food Scientists and Technologists
- Active Learning
- Science
- Complex Problem Solving
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Writing
- Systems Evaluation
- Systems Analysis
- Quality Control Analysis
- Coordination
- Mathematics
- Persuasion
- Negotiation
- Instructing
- Learning Strategies
Only in Butchers and Meat Cutters
- None