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)
Cooks, Fast Food
Career B (or your target career)
Food Service Managers
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Comparison table
| Metric | Cooks, Fast Food | Food Service Managers |
|---|---|---|
| National median salary | $30,890 | $69,390 |
| Local median salary | Not published | Not published |
| National employment | 641,070 | 238,430 |
| Typical education | Not recorded | High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED) |
| Job zone | 2 | 2 |
| Important skills | Service Orientation, Active Listening, Speaking, Reading Comprehension, Coordination | Speaking, Coordination, Monitoring, Active Listening, Management of Personnel Resources |
| Related careers | Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products, Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers, Waiters and Waitresses, Food Service Managers | Cooks, Fast Food, Waiters and Waitresses, Food Scientists and Technologists, First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers |
Career transition: skill overlap
Skill overlap
9%
2 of 22 target skills
Target-only skills
20
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
- Active Listening+1.0 level
- Service Orientation+1.4 level
Only in Food Service Managers
- Monitoring
- Management of Personnel Resources
- Speaking
- Coordination
- Reading Comprehension
- Social Perceptiveness
- Critical Thinking
- Time Management
- 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 Cooks, Fast Food
- None