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)
Foresters
Career B (or your target career)
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers
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Comparison table
| Metric | Foresters | First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers |
|---|---|---|
| National median salary | $76,400 | $59,320 |
| Local median salary | Not published | Not published |
| National employment | 10,430 | 27,960 |
| Typical education | Not recorded | Bachelor's Degree |
| Job zone | 4 | 3 |
| Important skills | Critical Thinking, Monitoring, Reading Comprehension, Speaking, Complex Problem Solving | Critical Thinking, Coordination, Monitoring, Speaking, Management of Personnel Resources |
| Related careers | Hydrologists, Environmental Engineers, Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists, Water Resource Specialists | First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers, Recycling Coordinators, Range Managers, Agricultural Technicians |
Career transition: skill overlap
Skill overlap
86%
19 of 22 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
- Critical Thinking—
- Coordination—
- Monitoring—
- Speaking—
- Reading Comprehension—
- Time Management—
- Management of Personnel Resources—
- Social Perceptiveness—
- Active Listening—
- Instructing+0.4 level
- Judgment and Decision Making—
- Complex Problem Solving—
- Learning Strategies+0.4 level
- Writing—
- Systems Evaluation—
- Systems Analysis—
- Persuasion—
- Negotiation—
- Active Learning—
Only in First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers
- Operations Monitoring
- Quality Control Analysis
- Operation and Control
Only in Foresters
- Management of Material Resources
- Service Orientation
- Mathematics
- Science
- Management of Financial Resources