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)
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers
Career B (or your target career)
Marketing Managers
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Comparison table
| Metric | Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers | Marketing Managers |
|---|---|---|
| National median salary | $39,390 | $166,790 |
| Local median salary | Not published | Not published |
| National employment | 165,220 | 395,240 |
| Typical education | High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED) | Not recorded |
| Job zone | 3 | 4 |
| Important skills | Active Listening, Speaking, Critical Thinking, Judgment and Decision Making, Reading Comprehension | Active Listening, Speaking, Reading Comprehension, Judgment and Decision Making, Persuasion |
| Related careers | Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel, Counter and Rental Clerks, Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers, First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers | Writers and Authors, General and Operations Managers, Logisticians, Project Management Specialists |
Career transition: skill overlap
Skill overlap
36%
8 of 22 target skills
Target-only skills
14
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
- Active Listening+1.0 level
- Speaking+0.9 level
- Reading Comprehension+1.0 level
- Critical Thinking+0.7 level
- Judgment and Decision Making+1.0 level
- Social Perceptiveness+1.1 level
- Coordination+1.0 level
- Time Management+0.9 level
Only in Marketing Managers
- Complex Problem Solving
- Active Learning
- Systems Evaluation
- Monitoring
- Persuasion
- Negotiation
- Management of Personnel Resources
- Writing
- Learning Strategies
- Systems Analysis
- Operations Analysis
- Mathematics
- Service Orientation
- Instructing
Only in Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers
- None