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)
Solar Energy Installation Managers
Career B (or your target career)
Geothermal Production Managers
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Comparison table
| Metric | Solar Energy Installation Managers | Geothermal Production Managers |
|---|---|---|
| National median salary | $79,920 | $126,060 |
| Local median salary | Not published | Not published |
| National employment | 812,210 | 246,250 |
| Typical education | High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED) | Some College Courses |
| Job zone | 3 | 3 |
| Important skills | Monitoring, Coordination, Time Management, Management of Personnel Resources, Reading Comprehension | Critical Thinking, Speaking, Reading Comprehension, Monitoring, Judgment and Decision Making |
| Related careers | Weatherization Installers and Technicians, Architects, Except Landscape and Naval, Geothermal Production Managers, Civil Engineers | Wind Turbine Service Technicians, Wind Energy Engineers, Water/Wastewater Engineers, Petroleum Engineers |
Career transition: skill overlap
Skill overlap
88%
21 of 24 target skills
Target-only skills
3
Current-only skills
1
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
- Critical Thinking+0.3 level
- Monitoring+0.6 level
- Speaking+0.4 level
- Reading Comprehension+0.5 level
- Coordination—
- Judgment and Decision Making+0.2 level
- Management of Personnel Resources—
- Active Listening—
- Writing+0.5 level
- Complex Problem Solving+0.4 level
- Time Management+0.1 level
- Active Learning—
- Social Perceptiveness+0.1 level
- Operations Monitoring+0.5 level
- Instructing+0.3 level
- Learning Strategies+0.4 level
- Systems Evaluation+0.6 level
- Systems Analysis+0.6 level
- Quality Control Analysis—
- Negotiation—
- Persuasion—
Only in Geothermal Production Managers
- Management of Financial Resources
- Mathematics
- Management of Material Resources
Only in Solar Energy Installation Managers
- Service Orientation