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)
Civil Engineers
Career B (or your target career)
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers
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Comparison table
| Metric | Civil Engineers | First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers |
|---|---|---|
| National median salary | $100,840 | $79,920 |
| Local median salary | Not published | Not published |
| National employment | 367,840 | 812,210 |
| Typical education | Bachelor's Degree | Post-Secondary Certificate |
| Job zone | 4 | 3 |
| Important skills | Active Listening, Reading Comprehension, Complex Problem Solving, Mathematics, Speaking | Coordination, Active Listening, Speaking, Critical Thinking, Management of Personnel Resources |
| Related careers | Facilities Managers, Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Marine Engineers and Naval Architects, Maintenance and Repair Workers, General | First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers, Helpers--Electricians, Electricians, General and Operations Managers |
Career transition: skill overlap
Skill overlap
89%
16 of 18 target skills
Target-only skills
2
Current-only skills
6
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+0.1 level
- Active Listening—
- Speaking—
- Critical Thinking—
- Management of Personnel Resources+0.4 level
- Reading Comprehension—
- Monitoring—
- Time Management—
- Judgment and Decision Making—
- Social Perceptiveness—
- Complex Problem Solving—
- Active Learning—
- Persuasion—
- Negotiation—
- Instructing—
- Writing—
Only in First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers
- Learning Strategies
- Quality Control Analysis
Only in Civil Engineers
- Mathematics
- Science
- Systems Analysis
- Operations Analysis
- Systems Evaluation
- Service Orientation