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)
Sales Managers
Career B (or your target career)
Chief Executives
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Comparison table
| Metric | Sales Managers | Chief Executives |
|---|---|---|
| National median salary | $148,270 | $213,990 |
| Local median salary | Not published | Not published |
| National employment | 637,080 | 204,350 |
| Typical education | Bachelor's Degree | Master's Degree |
| Job zone | 4 | 5 |
| Important skills | Speaking, Negotiation, Active Listening, Reading Comprehension, Persuasion | Judgment and Decision Making, Critical Thinking, Complex Problem Solving, Systems Evaluation, Management of Financial Resources |
| Related careers | First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers, Brokerage Clerks, Financial and Investment Analysts, Logisticians | Sales Managers, Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive, Financial Examiners, Labor Relations Specialists |
Career transition: skill overlap
Skill overlap
92%
22 of 24 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
- Judgment and Decision Making+1.4 level
- Complex Problem Solving+1.0 level
- Critical Thinking+0.8 level
- Speaking+0.8 level
- Management of Financial Resources+1.6 level
- Systems Evaluation+1.1 level
- Coordination+0.9 level
- Management of Personnel Resources+1.3 level
- Reading Comprehension+0.6 level
- Writing+0.4 level
- Social Perceptiveness+0.3 level
- Negotiation+0.8 level
- Systems Analysis+1.2 level
- Active Listening+0.8 level
- Time Management+0.8 level
- Monitoring+0.6 level
- Persuasion+0.8 level
- Active Learning+0.6 level
- Instructing—
- Mathematics+0.4 level
- Service Orientation—
- Learning Strategies+0.1 level
Only in Chief Executives
- Management of Material Resources
- Operations Analysis
Only in Sales Managers
- None