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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)

Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers

Career B (or your target career)

Purchasing Managers

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Comparison table

MetricProperty, Real Estate, and Community Association ManagersPurchasing Managers
National median salary$69,990$148,080
Local median salaryNot publishedNot published
National employment311,18084,320
Typical educationNot recordedBachelor's Degree
Job zone44
Important skillsReading Comprehension, Speaking, Active Listening, Critical Thinking, CoordinationSpeaking, Management of Personnel Resources, Active Listening, Social Perceptiveness, Negotiation
Related careersFirst-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers, Counter and Rental Clerks, Financial Managers, Purchasing ManagersBusiness Intelligence Analysts, First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers, First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers, Administrative Services Managers
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers dashboardPurchasing Managers dashboard

Career transition: skill overlap

Skill overlap

83%

19 of 23 target skills

Target-only skills

4

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—
  • Management of Personnel Resources+0.8 level
  • Active Listening—
  • Reading Comprehension—
  • Writing—
  • Monitoring+0.6 level
  • Social Perceptiveness+0.6 level
  • Negotiation+0.4 level
  • Time Management+0.5 level
  • Critical Thinking—
  • Judgment and Decision Making+0.4 level
  • Coordination+0.1 level
  • Persuasion+0.4 level
  • Service Orientation+0.9 level
  • Complex Problem Solving+0.3 level
  • Management of Financial Resources—
  • Active Learning+0.4 level
  • Management of Material Resources+0.5 level
  • Mathematics+0.1 level

Only in Purchasing Managers

  • Systems Analysis
  • Instructing
  • Systems Evaluation
  • Learning Strategies

Only in Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers

  • None