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)
Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons
Career B (or your target career)
Sheet Metal Workers
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Comparison table
| Metric | Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons | Sheet Metal Workers |
|---|---|---|
| National median salary | $61,290 | $61,800 |
| Local median salary | Not published | Not published |
| National employment | 1,080 | 119,770 |
| Typical education | High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED) | High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED) |
| Job zone | 2 | 2 |
| Important skills | Operations Monitoring, Repairing, Active Listening, Operation and Control, Equipment Maintenance | Reading Comprehension, Critical Thinking, Monitoring, Coordination, Active Listening |
| Related careers | Maintenance Workers, Machinery, Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing, Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic | Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand, Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers, Reinforcing Iron and Rebar Workers, Boilermakers |
Career transition: skill overlap
Skill overlap
11%
1 of 9 target skills
Target-only skills
8
Current-only skills
4
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—
Only in Sheet Metal Workers
- Coordination
- Critical Thinking
- Reading Comprehension
- Monitoring
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Speaking
- Mathematics
- Time Management
Only in Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons
- Operations Monitoring
- Repairing
- Operation and Control
- Equipment Maintenance