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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)

Financial and Investment Analysts

Career B (or your target career)

Sales Managers

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Comparison table

MetricFinancial and Investment AnalystsSales Managers
National median salary$102,740$148,270
Local median salaryNot publishedNot published
National employment361,980637,080
Typical educationNot recordedBachelor's Degree
Job zone44
Important skillsNot recordedSpeaking, Negotiation, Active Listening, Reading Comprehension, Persuasion
Related careersSales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel, Sales Managers, Marketing Managers, Real Estate BrokersFirst-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers, Brokerage Clerks, Financial and Investment Analysts, Logisticians

Career transition: skill overlap

Skill overlap

0%

0 of 22 target skills

Target-only skills

22

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

  • None

Only in Sales Managers

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

Only in Financial and Investment Analysts

  • None