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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)

Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks

Career B (or your target career)

Industrial Production Managers

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Comparison table

MetricProduction, Planning, and Expediting ClerksIndustrial Production Managers
National median salary$59,650$126,060
Local median salaryNot publishedNot published
National employment390,160246,250
Typical educationHigh School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED)High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED)
Job zone24
Important skillsSpeaking, Reading Comprehension, Time Management, Active Listening, Critical ThinkingSpeaking, Critical Thinking, Monitoring, Coordination, Judgment and Decision Making
Related careersLaborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand, Team Assemblers, Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers, Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceFirst-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers, Mechanical Engineers, Logistics Engineers, First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks dashboardIndustrial Production Managers dashboard

Career transition: skill overlap

Skill overlap

36%

9 of 25 target skills

Target-only skills

16

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

  • Monitoring+1.4 level
  • Critical Thinking+0.4 level
  • Speaking+0.9 level
  • Coordination+1.0 level
  • Reading Comprehension+0.3 level
  • Active Listening+0.4 level
  • Time Management+0.6 level
  • Complex Problem Solving+0.8 level
  • Writing+1.0 level

Only in Industrial Production Managers

  • Judgment and Decision Making
  • Management of Personnel Resources
  • Systems Analysis
  • Learning Strategies
  • Active Learning
  • Social Perceptiveness
  • Systems Evaluation
  • Mathematics
  • Management of Financial Resources
  • Management of Material Resources
  • Negotiation
  • Operations Monitoring
  • Persuasion
  • Instructing
  • Quality Control Analysis
  • Service Orientation

Only in Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks

  • None