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)

Fundraising Managers

Career B (or your target career)

Project Management Specialists

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Comparison table

Metric	Fundraising Managers	Project Management Specialists
National median salary	$125,470	$102,320
Local median salary	Not published	Not published
National employment	38,810	1,066,670
Typical education	Bachelor's Degree	Not recorded
Job zone	4	4
Important skills	Critical Thinking, Speaking, Social Perceptiveness, Persuasion, Active Listening	Critical Thinking, Active Listening, Judgment and Decision Making, Writing, Monitoring
Related careers	Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs, Project Management Specialists, Compensation and Benefits Managers, Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers, Logistics Engineers, Natural Sciences Managers, Computer Systems Engineers/Architects

Fundraising Managers dashboard Project Management Specialists dashboard

Career transition: skill overlap

Skill overlap

86%

19 of 22 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—
Critical Thinking—
Monitoring—
Writing—
Judgment and Decision Making—
Time Management+0.2 level
Speaking—
Active Learning—
Coordination—
Reading Comprehension—
Management of Personnel Resources+0.4 level
Social Perceptiveness—
Complex Problem Solving—
Negotiation—
Systems Analysis+0.5 level
Persuasion—
Service Orientation—
Systems Evaluation—
Management of Financial Resources—

Only in Project Management Specialists

Instructing
Learning Strategies
Management of Material Resources

Only in Fundraising Managers

Mathematics