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)
Fashion Designers
Career B (or your target career)
Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic
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Comparison table
| Metric | Fashion Designers | Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic |
|---|---|---|
| National median salary | $80,960 | $58,000 |
| Local median salary | Not published | Not published |
| National employment | 21,450 | 1,470 |
| Typical education | Bachelor's Degree | Not recorded |
| Job zone | 3 | 3 |
| Important skills | Active Listening, Critical Thinking, Speaking, Social Perceptiveness, Time Management | Operation and Control, Critical Thinking, Quality Control Analysis, Reading Comprehension, Operations Monitoring |
| Related careers | Makeup Artists, Theatrical and Performance, Sewing Machine Operators, Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers, Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic | Sewers, Hand, Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners, Mechanical Drafters, Sheet Metal Workers |
Career transition: skill overlap
Skill overlap
67%
6 of 9 target skills
Target-only skills
3
Current-only skills
14
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
- Reading Comprehension—
- Critical Thinking—
- Time Management—
- Monitoring—
- Active Listening—
- Speaking—
Only in Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic
- Operation and Control
- Quality Control Analysis
- Operations Monitoring
Only in Fashion Designers
- Coordination
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Active Learning
- Social Perceptiveness
- Complex Problem Solving
- Negotiation
- Persuasion
- Management of Personnel Resources
- Instructing
- Service Orientation
- Writing
- Operations Analysis
- Learning Strategies
- Systems Analysis