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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)

Legislators

Career B (or your target career)

General and Operations Managers

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Comparison table

MetricLegislatorsGeneral and Operations Managers
National median salaryNot published$105,770
Local median salaryNot publishedNot published
National employmentNot published3,503,020
Typical educationNot recordedHigh School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED)
Job zone44
Important skillsNot recordedSpeaking, Monitoring, Active Listening, Reading Comprehension, Coordination
Related careersCourt, Municipal, and License Clerks, Directors, Religious Activities and Education, General and Operations Managers, Education Administrators, Kindergarten through SecondaryIndustrial Engineers, First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers, First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers, Management Analysts

Career transition: skill overlap

Skill overlap

0%

0 of 22 target skills

Target-only skills

22

Current-only skills

0

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

  • None

Only in General and Operations Managers

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

Only in Legislators

  • None