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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)

Purchasing Managers

Career B (or your target career)

Industrial Production Managers

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Comparison table

MetricPurchasing ManagersIndustrial Production Managers
National median salary$148,080$126,060
Local median salaryNot publishedNot published
National employment84,320246,250
Typical educationBachelor's DegreeHigh School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED)
Job zone44
Important skillsSpeaking, Management of Personnel Resources, Active Listening, Social Perceptiveness, NegotiationSpeaking, Critical Thinking, Monitoring, Coordination, Judgment and Decision Making
Related careersBusiness Intelligence Analysts, First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers, First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers, Administrative Services ManagersFirst-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers, Mechanical Engineers, Logistics Engineers, First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand
Purchasing Managers dashboardIndustrial Production Managers dashboard

Career transition: skill overlap

Skill overlap

92%

23 of 25 target skills

Target-only skills

2

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

Only in Industrial Production Managers

  • Operations Monitoring
  • Quality Control Analysis

Only in Purchasing Managers

  • None