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)
Procurement Clerks
Career B (or your target career)
Purchasing Managers
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Comparison table
| Metric | Procurement Clerks | Purchasing Managers |
|---|---|---|
| National median salary | $50,580 | $148,080 |
| Local median salary | Not published | Not published |
| National employment | 55,810 | 84,320 |
| Typical education | High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED) | Bachelor's Degree |
| Job zone | 2 | 4 |
| Important skills | Speaking, Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, Critical Thinking, Monitoring | Speaking, Management of Personnel Resources, Active Listening, Social Perceptiveness, Negotiation |
| Related careers | Postal Service Clerks, Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks, Brokerage Clerks, Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers | 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
61%
14 of 23 target skills
Target-only skills
9
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+0.1 level
- Active Listening—
- Reading Comprehension—
- Writing+0.8 level
- Monitoring+1.0 level
- Social Perceptiveness+1.0 level
- Time Management+1.0 level
- Critical Thinking+0.3 level
- Judgment and Decision Making+0.6 level
- Coordination+1.0 level
- Service Orientation+0.9 level
- Complex Problem Solving+0.1 level
- Active Learning+0.1 level
- Mathematics+0.7 level
Only in Purchasing Managers
- Management of Personnel Resources
- Negotiation
- Persuasion
- Systems Analysis
- Instructing
- Management of Financial Resources
- Management of Material Resources
- Systems Evaluation
- Learning Strategies
Only in Procurement Clerks
- None