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)

Butchers and Meat Cutters

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Comparison table

Metric	Food Service Managers	Butchers and Meat Cutters
National median salary	$69,390	$40,140
Local median salary	Not published	Not published
National employment	238,430	136,430
Typical education	High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED)	High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED)
Job zone	2	2
Important skills	Speaking, Coordination, Monitoring, Active Listening, Management of Personnel Resources	Active Listening, Monitoring, Reading Comprehension, Speaking, Time Management
Related careers	Cooks, Fast Food, Waiters and Waitresses, Food Scientists and Technologists, First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Packers and Packagers, Hand, Food Scientists and Technologists, Food Servers, Nonrestaurant

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Career transition: skill overlap

Skill overlap

100%

8 of 8 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

Active Listening—
Monitoring—
Social Perceptiveness—
Speaking—
Time Management—
Critical Thinking—
Service Orientation—
Reading Comprehension—

Only in Butchers and Meat Cutters

None

Only in Food Service Managers

Management of Personnel Resources
Coordination
Active Learning
Learning Strategies
Negotiation
Instructing
Judgment and Decision Making
Writing
Complex Problem Solving
Systems Analysis
Systems Evaluation
Persuasion
Management of Financial Resources
Management of Material Resources