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)
Order Clerks
Career B (or your target career)
Purchasing Managers
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Comparison table
| Metric | Order Clerks | Purchasing Managers |
|---|---|---|
| National median salary | $46,170 | $148,080 |
| Local median salary | Not published | Not published |
| National employment | 75,200 | 84,320 |
| Typical education | High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED) | Bachelor's Degree |
| Job zone | 2 | 4 |
| Important skills | Active Listening, Speaking, Reading Comprehension, Service Orientation, Monitoring | Speaking, Management of Personnel Resources, Active Listening, Social Perceptiveness, Negotiation |
| Related careers | Correspondence Clerks, First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers, Purchasing Managers, Driver/Sales Workers | Business Intelligence Analysts, First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers, First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers, Administrative Services Managers |
Career transition: skill overlap
Skill overlap
57%
13 of 23 target skills
Target-only skills
10
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
- Speaking+0.5 level
- Active Listening+0.4 level
- Reading Comprehension+0.5 level
- Writing+1.0 level
- Monitoring+1.0 level
- Social Perceptiveness+1.0 level
- Critical Thinking+0.5 level
- Judgment and Decision Making+1.0 level
- Coordination+0.9 level
- Persuasion+1.1 level
- Service Orientation+0.6 level
- Active Learning+0.8 level
- Mathematics+0.4 level
Only in Purchasing Managers
- Management of Personnel Resources
- Negotiation
- Time Management
- Systems Analysis
- Complex Problem Solving
- Instructing
- Management of Financial Resources
- Management of Material Resources
- Systems Evaluation
- Learning Strategies
Only in Order Clerks
- None