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)

Retail Salespersons

Career B (or your target career)

Sales Managers

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Comparison table

Metric	Retail Salespersons	Sales Managers
National median salary	$35,410	$148,270
Local median salary	Not published	Not published
National employment	3,897,860	637,080
Typical education	High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED)	Bachelor's Degree
Job zone	2	4
Important skills	Persuasion, Speaking, Service Orientation, Active Listening, Negotiation	Speaking, Negotiation, Active Listening, Reading Comprehension, Persuasion
Related careers	Procurement Clerks, Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel, Sales Managers, Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers, Brokerage Clerks, Financial and Investment Analysts, Logisticians

Retail Salespersons dashboard Sales Managers dashboard

Career transition: skill overlap

Skill overlap

59%

13 of 22 target skills

Target-only skills

Current-only skills

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+0.9 level
Active Listening+0.3 level
Negotiation+0.3 level
Reading Comprehension+0.9 level
Critical Thinking+0.9 level
Monitoring+1.5 level
Social Perceptiveness+0.9 level
Persuasion—
Time Management+1.1 level
Active Learning+1.0 level
Coordination+1.0 level
Writing+1.0 level
Service Orientation—

Only in Sales Managers

Judgment and Decision Making
Management of Personnel Resources
Complex Problem Solving
Instructing
Systems Evaluation
Systems Analysis
Learning Strategies
Management of Financial Resources
Mathematics

Only in Retail Salespersons

None