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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 Non-Retail Sales Workers

Career B (or your target career)

Sales Managers

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Comparison table

MetricFirst-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales WorkersSales Managers
National median salary$87,520$148,270
Local median salaryNot publishedNot published
National employment214,390637,080
Typical educationBachelor's DegreeBachelor's Degree
Job zone44
Important skillsMonitoring, Active Listening, Management of Personnel Resources, Speaking, CoordinationSpeaking, Negotiation, Active Listening, Reading Comprehension, Persuasion
Related careersSales Managers, Human Resources Specialists, First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers, Management AnalystsFirst-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers, Brokerage Clerks, Financial and Investment Analysts, Logisticians
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers dashboardSales Managers dashboard

Career transition: skill overlap

Skill overlap

95%

21 of 22 target skills

Target-only skills

1

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—
  • Active Listening—
  • Negotiation+0.3 level
  • Reading Comprehension—
  • Critical Thinking+0.1 level
  • Monitoring+0.4 level
  • Social Perceptiveness—
  • Persuasion+0.1 level
  • Judgment and Decision Making+0.1 level
  • Management of Personnel Resources—
  • Time Management—
  • Complex Problem Solving+0.3 level
  • Active Learning+0.3 level
  • Coordination—
  • Instructing—
  • Systems Evaluation+0.4 level
  • Writing—
  • Service Orientation+0.8 level
  • Systems Analysis+0.8 level
  • Learning Strategies—
  • Mathematics+0.1 level

Only in Sales Managers

  • Management of Financial Resources

Only in First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers

  • None