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)
Demonstrators and Product Promoters
Career B (or your target career)
Marketing Managers
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Comparison table
| Metric | Demonstrators and Product Promoters | Marketing Managers |
|---|---|---|
| National median salary | $39,320 | $166,790 |
| Local median salary | Not published | Not published |
| National employment | 64,520 | 395,240 |
| Typical education | High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED) | Not recorded |
| Job zone | 2 | 4 |
| Important skills | Speaking, Active Listening, Persuasion, Reading Comprehension, Service Orientation | Active Listening, Speaking, Reading Comprehension, Judgment and Decision Making, Persuasion |
| Related careers | First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers, First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers, Marketing Managers, Cashiers | Writers and Authors, General and Operations Managers, Logisticians, Project Management Specialists |
Career transition: skill overlap
Skill overlap
59%
13 of 22 target skills
Target-only skills
9
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+0.5 level
- Speaking+0.2 level
- Complex Problem Solving+1.6 level
- Reading Comprehension+0.9 level
- Critical Thinking+1.1 level
- Judgment and Decision Making+1.4 level
- Monitoring+1.0 level
- Persuasion+0.4 level
- Social Perceptiveness+0.8 level
- Coordination+0.9 level
- Time Management+0.9 level
- Writing+0.9 level
- Service Orientation—
Only in Marketing Managers
- Active Learning
- Systems Evaluation
- Negotiation
- Management of Personnel Resources
- Learning Strategies
- Systems Analysis
- Operations Analysis
- Mathematics
- Instructing
Only in Demonstrators and Product Promoters
- None