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)
Marketing Managers
Career B (or your target career)
General and Operations Managers
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Comparison table
| Metric | Marketing Managers | General and Operations Managers |
|---|---|---|
| National median salary | $166,790 | $105,770 |
| Local median salary | Not published | Not published |
| National employment | 395,240 | 3,503,020 |
| Typical education | Not recorded | High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED) |
| Job zone | 4 | 4 |
| Important skills | Active Listening, Speaking, Reading Comprehension, Judgment and Decision Making, Persuasion | Speaking, Monitoring, Active Listening, Reading Comprehension, Coordination |
| Related careers | Writers and Authors, General and Operations Managers, Logisticians, Project Management Specialists | Industrial 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
91%
20 of 22 target skills
Target-only skills
2
Current-only skills
2
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—
- Reading Comprehension—
- Speaking—
- Monitoring—
- Critical Thinking—
- Coordination—
- Management of Personnel Resources—
- Social Perceptiveness—
- Complex Problem Solving—
- Time Management+0.1 level
- Judgment and Decision Making—
- Persuasion—
- Active Learning—
- Writing—
- Negotiation—
- Service Orientation—
- Systems Evaluation—
- Systems Analysis—
- Learning Strategies—
- Instructing—
Only in General and Operations Managers
- Management of Material Resources
- Management of Financial Resources
Only in Marketing Managers
- Operations Analysis
- Mathematics