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)
Supply Chain Managers
Career B (or your target career)
Manufacturing Engineers
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Comparison table
| Metric | Supply Chain Managers | Manufacturing Engineers |
|---|---|---|
| National median salary | $107,230 | $102,440 |
| Local median salary | Not published | Not published |
| National employment | 221,180 | 365,740 |
| Typical education | Bachelor's Degree | Bachelor's Degree |
| Job zone | 4 | 4 |
| Important skills | Monitoring, Coordination, Active Listening, Judgment and Decision Making, Reading Comprehension | Mathematics, Complex Problem Solving, Reading Comprehension, Operations Monitoring, Monitoring |
| Related careers | First-Line Supervisors of Material-Moving Machine and Vehicle Operators, Marketing Managers, Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products, Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products | Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians, Logistics Engineers, Robotics Technicians, Materials Scientists |
Career transition: skill overlap
Skill overlap
78%
21 of 27 target skills
Target-only skills
6
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
- Reading Comprehension+0.8 level
- Mathematics+1.5 level
- Complex Problem Solving+0.3 level
- Active Listening+0.1 level
- Speaking+0.1 level
- Monitoring+0.5 level
- Judgment and Decision Making+0.6 level
- Writing+0.4 level
- Critical Thinking—
- Systems Evaluation+0.6 level
- Systems Analysis+0.9 level
- Active Learning+0.8 level
- Time Management—
- Learning Strategies+0.6 level
- Persuasion—
- Instructing+0.5 level
- Negotiation—
- Service Orientation—
- Coordination—
- Management of Material Resources—
- Social Perceptiveness—
Only in Manufacturing Engineers
- Operations Monitoring
- Technology Design
- Troubleshooting
- Operations Analysis
- Quality Control Analysis
- Science
Only in Supply Chain Managers
- Management of Personnel Resources