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)
Project Management Specialists
Career B (or your target career)
Natural Sciences Managers
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Comparison table
| Metric | Project Management Specialists | Natural Sciences Managers |
|---|---|---|
| National median salary | $102,320 | $167,220 |
| Local median salary | Not published | Not published |
| National employment | 1,066,670 | 108,690 |
| Typical education | Not recorded | Bachelor's Degree |
| Job zone | 4 | 5 |
| Important skills | Critical Thinking, Active Listening, Judgment and Decision Making, Writing, Monitoring | Science, Monitoring, Active Listening, Critical Thinking, Reading Comprehension |
| Related careers | First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers, Logistics Engineers, Natural Sciences Managers, Computer Systems Engineers/Architects | Industrial Engineers, Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health, Bioinformatics Technicians, Management Analysts |
Career transition: skill overlap
Skill overlap
87%
20 of 23 target skills
Target-only skills
3
Current-only skills
2
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+0.8 level
- Monitoring+0.4 level
- Reading Comprehension+1.1 level
- Critical Thinking+0.6 level
- Writing+1.3 level
- Complex Problem Solving+1.0 level
- Speaking+0.5 level
- Judgment and Decision Making+0.7 level
- Management of Personnel Resources+1.2 level
- Active Learning+1.1 level
- Learning Strategies+0.6 level
- Social Perceptiveness+0.3 level
- Coordination+0.4 level
- Persuasion+0.4 level
- Instructing+0.8 level
- Systems Analysis+0.6 level
- Negotiation—
- Systems Evaluation+0.6 level
- Time Management+0.5 level
- Service Orientation—
Only in Natural Sciences Managers
- Science
- Operations Analysis
- Mathematics
Only in Project Management Specialists
- Management of Financial Resources
- Management of Material Resources