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)

Food Service Managers

Career B (or your target career)

Bakers

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Comparison table

Metric	Food Service Managers	Bakers
National median salary	$69,390	$37,160
Local median salary	Not published	Not published
National employment	238,430	236,200
Typical education	High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED)	Not recorded
Job zone	2	2
Important skills	Speaking, Coordination, Monitoring, Active Listening, Management of Personnel Resources	Time Management, Active Listening, Judgment and Decision Making, Speaking, Monitoring
Related careers	Cooks, Fast Food, Waiters and Waitresses, Food Scientists and Technologists, First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	Machine Feeders and Offbearers, Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Food Service Managers dashboard Bakers dashboard

Career transition: skill overlap

Skill overlap

100%

3 of 3 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

Time Management—
Judgment and Decision Making—
Active Listening—

Only in Bakers

None

Only in Food Service Managers

Monitoring
Management of Personnel Resources
Speaking
Coordination
Reading Comprehension
Service Orientation
Social Perceptiveness
Critical Thinking
Active Learning
Learning Strategies
Negotiation
Instructing
Writing
Complex Problem Solving
Systems Analysis
Systems Evaluation
Persuasion
Management of Financial Resources
Management of Material Resources