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)
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks
Career B (or your target career)
Supply Chain Managers
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Comparison table
| Metric | Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks | Supply Chain Managers |
|---|---|---|
| National median salary | $59,650 | $107,230 |
| Local median salary | Not published | Not published |
| National employment | 390,160 | 221,180 |
| Typical education | High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED) | Bachelor's Degree |
| Job zone | 2 | 4 |
| Important skills | Speaking, Reading Comprehension, Time Management, Active Listening, Critical Thinking | Monitoring, Coordination, Active Listening, Judgment and Decision Making, Reading Comprehension |
| Related careers | Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand, Team Assemblers, Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers, Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance | First-Line Supervisors of Material-Moving Machine and Vehicle Operators, Marketing Managers, Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products, Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products |
Career transition: skill overlap
Skill overlap
41%
9 of 22 target skills
Target-only skills
13
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+0.4 level
- Speaking+0.9 level
- Reading Comprehension+0.3 level
- Time Management+0.5 level
- Monitoring+0.6 level
- Coordination+1.0 level
- Critical Thinking+0.4 level
- Complex Problem Solving+0.9 level
- Writing+1.0 level
Only in Supply Chain Managers
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Systems Evaluation
- Management of Material Resources
- Active Learning
- Negotiation
- Systems Analysis
- Social Perceptiveness
- Persuasion
- Management of Personnel Resources
- Service Orientation
- Instructing
- Learning Strategies
- Mathematics
Only in Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks
- None