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)

File Clerks

Career B (or your target career)

Management Analysts

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Comparison table

Metric	File Clerks	Management Analysts
National median salary	$43,600	$101,860
Local median salary	Not published	Not published
National employment	73,440	898,280
Typical education	Associate's Degree or other 2-year degree	Bachelor's Degree
Job zone	2	4
Important skills	Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, Speaking, Service Orientation, Writing	Reading Comprehension, Critical Thinking, Active Listening, Judgment and Decision Making, Speaking
Related careers	Receptionists and Information Clerks, Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive, Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners, Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars	Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists, Business Continuity Planners, Statistical Assistants, Financial Risk Specialists

File Clerks dashboard Management Analysts dashboard

Career transition: skill overlap

Skill overlap

41%

9 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
Reading Comprehension+0.9 level
Critical Thinking+1.1 level
Writing+1.0 level
Speaking+1.0 level
Monitoring+1.4 level
Social Perceptiveness+1.5 level
Service Orientation+0.4 level
Time Management+0.5 level

Only in Management Analysts

Complex Problem Solving
Judgment and Decision Making
Systems Evaluation
Coordination
Systems Analysis
Persuasion
Instructing
Active Learning
Negotiation
Management of Personnel Resources
Mathematics
Learning Strategies
Operations Analysis

Only in File Clerks

None