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)
Film and Video Editors
Career B (or your target career)
Media Programming Directors
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Comparison table
| Metric | Film and Video Editors | Media Programming Directors |
|---|---|---|
| National median salary | $75,420 | $90,360 |
| Local median salary | Not published | Not published |
| National employment | 25,610 | 143,120 |
| Typical education | Bachelor's Degree | Bachelor's Degree |
| Job zone | 4 | 4 |
| Important skills | Active Listening, Critical Thinking, Reading Comprehension, Complex Problem Solving, Speaking | Speaking, Critical Thinking, Judgment and Decision Making, Reading Comprehension, Coordination |
| Related careers | Photographers, Writers and Authors, Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators, Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys | Training and Development Managers, First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers, First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers, General and Operations Managers |
Career transition: skill overlap
Skill overlap
50%
11 of 22 target skills
Target-only skills
11
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
- Speaking+0.8 level
- Critical Thinking+0.6 level
- Reading Comprehension+0.3 level
- Judgment and Decision Making+1.0 level
- Coordination+1.3 level
- Time Management+0.9 level
- Active Listening+0.3 level
- Active Learning+0.6 level
- Monitoring+0.9 level
- Complex Problem Solving+0.9 level
- Writing+0.8 level
Only in Media Programming Directors
- Management of Personnel Resources
- Social Perceptiveness
- Negotiation
- Persuasion
- Systems Analysis
- Systems Evaluation
- Operations Analysis
- Learning Strategies
- Instructing
- Service Orientation
- Management of Material Resources
Only in Film and Video Editors
- None