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, Short Order

Career B (or your target career)

Food Service Managers

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Comparison table

Metric	Cooks, Short Order	Food Service Managers
National median salary	$35,880	$69,390
Local median salary	Not published	Not published
National employment	138,650	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, Reading Comprehension, Time Management, Coordination, Speaking	Speaking, Coordination, Monitoring, Active Listening, Management of Personnel Resources
Related careers	Food Service Managers, Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products, Waiters and Waitresses, Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	Cooks, Fast Food, Waiters and Waitresses, Food Scientists and Technologists, First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers

Cooks, Short Order dashboard Food Service Managers dashboard

Career transition: skill overlap

Skill overlap

27%

6 of 22 target skills

Target-only skills

Current-only skills

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+1.1 level
Speaking+1.5 level
Coordination+0.9 level
Reading Comprehension+1.5 level
Service Orientation+1.0 level
Time Management+0.8 level

Only in Food Service Managers

Monitoring
Management of Personnel Resources
Social Perceptiveness
Critical Thinking
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, Short Order

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