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)

Sewing Machine Operators

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Comparison table

Metric	Fashion Designers	Sewing Machine Operators
National median salary	$80,960	$36,670
Local median salary	Not published	Not published
National employment	21,450	104,880
Typical education	Bachelor's Degree	Less than a High School Diploma
Job zone	3	2
Important skills	Active Listening, Critical Thinking, Speaking, Social Perceptiveness, Time Management	Monitoring, Operations Monitoring, Time Management, Judgment and Decision Making, Quality Control Analysis
Related careers	Makeup Artists, Theatrical and Performance, Sewing Machine Operators, Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers, Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic, Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers, Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic, Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood

Fashion Designers dashboard Sewing Machine Operators dashboard

Career transition: skill overlap

Skill overlap

100%

1 of 1 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

Monitoring—

Only in Sewing Machine Operators

None

Only in Fashion Designers

Speaking
Active Listening
Critical Thinking
Coordination
Time Management
Judgment and Decision Making
Active Learning
Social Perceptiveness
Complex Problem Solving
Negotiation
Reading Comprehension
Persuasion
Management of Personnel Resources
Instructing
Service Orientation
Writing
Operations Analysis
Learning Strategies
Systems Analysis