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)

Industrial Engineers

Career B (or your target career)

Project Management Specialists

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Comparison table

Metric	Industrial Engineers	Project Management Specialists
National median salary	$102,440	$102,320
Local median salary	Not published	Not published
National employment	365,740	1,066,670
Typical education	Bachelor's Degree	Not recorded
Job zone	4	4
Important skills	Reading Comprehension, Critical Thinking, Active Listening, Speaking, Complex Problem Solving	Critical Thinking, Active Listening, Judgment and Decision Making, Writing, Monitoring
Related careers	Architectural and Engineering Managers, Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians, Automotive Engineers, Team Assemblers	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers, Logistics Engineers, Natural Sciences Managers, Computer Systems Engineers/Architects

Industrial Engineers dashboard Project Management Specialists dashboard

Career transition: skill overlap

Skill overlap

68%

15 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+0.6 level
Speaking—
Active Learning—
Coordination+0.5 level
Reading Comprehension—
Social Perceptiveness+0.6 level
Complex Problem Solving—
Systems Analysis—
Instructing+0.1 level
Systems Evaluation—

Only in Project Management Specialists

Management of Personnel Resources
Negotiation
Persuasion
Service Orientation
Learning Strategies
Management of Financial Resources
Management of Material Resources

Only in Industrial Engineers

Mathematics