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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)

First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers

Career B (or your target career)

Industrial Engineers

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Comparison table

MetricFirst-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersIndustrial Engineers
National median salary$79,920$102,440
Local median salaryNot publishedNot published
National employment812,210365,740
Typical educationPost-Secondary CertificateBachelor's Degree
Job zone34
Important skillsCoordination, Active Listening, Speaking, Critical Thinking, Management of Personnel ResourcesReading Comprehension, Critical Thinking, Active Listening, Speaking, Complex Problem Solving
Related careersFirst-Line Supervisors of Security Workers, Helpers--Electricians, Electricians, General and Operations ManagersArchitectural and Engineering Managers, Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians, Automotive Engineers, Team Assemblers
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers dashboardIndustrial Engineers dashboard

Career transition: skill overlap

Skill overlap

81%

13 of 16 target skills

Target-only skills

3

Current-only skills

5

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+0.5 level
  • Reading Comprehension+0.9 level
  • Critical Thinking+0.7 level
  • Complex Problem Solving+0.9 level
  • Speaking+0.4 level
  • Writing+1.0 level
  • Monitoring+0.9 level
  • Active Learning+0.8 level
  • Judgment and Decision Making+0.9 level
  • Coordination—
  • Social Perceptiveness—
  • Instructing—
  • Time Management—

Only in Industrial Engineers

  • Systems Analysis
  • Systems Evaluation
  • Mathematics

Only in First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers

  • Management of Personnel Resources
  • Learning Strategies
  • Persuasion
  • Negotiation
  • Quality Control Analysis