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 Service Managers
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Comparison table
| Metric | Butchers and Meat Cutters | Food Service Managers |
|---|---|---|
| National median salary | $40,140 | $69,390 |
| Local median salary | Not published | Not published |
| National employment | 136,430 | 238,430 |
| Typical education | High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED) | High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED) |
| Job zone | 2 | 2 |
| Important skills | Active Listening, Monitoring, Reading Comprehension, Speaking, Time Management | Speaking, Coordination, Monitoring, Active Listening, Management of Personnel Resources |
| Related careers | First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Packers and Packagers, Hand, Food Scientists and Technologists, Food Servers, Nonrestaurant | Cooks, Fast Food, Waiters and Waitresses, Food Scientists and Technologists, First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers |
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
- Monitoring+1.0 level
- Active Listening+0.5 level
- Speaking+1.0 level
- Reading Comprehension+0.9 level
- Service Orientation+0.9 level
- Social Perceptiveness+1.0 level
- Critical Thinking+0.8 level
- Time Management+0.9 level
Only in Food Service Managers
- Management of Personnel Resources
- Coordination
- Active Learning
- Learning Strategies
- Negotiation
- Instructing
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Writing
- Complex Problem Solving
- Systems Analysis
- Systems Evaluation
- Persuasion
- Management of Financial Resources
- Management of Material Resources
Only in Butchers and Meat Cutters
- None