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)
Team Assemblers
Career B (or your target career)
Manufacturing Engineers
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Comparison table
| Metric | Team Assemblers | Manufacturing Engineers |
|---|---|---|
| National median salary | Not published | $102,440 |
| Local median salary | Not published | Not published |
| National employment | Not published | 365,740 |
| Typical education | High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED) | Bachelor's Degree |
| Job zone | 2 | 4 |
| Important skills | Active Listening, Quality Control Analysis, Monitoring, Operations Monitoring, Reading Comprehension | Mathematics, Complex Problem Solving, Reading Comprehension, Operations Monitoring, Monitoring |
| Related careers | Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers, Machinists, Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters, Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment | Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians, Logistics Engineers, Robotics Technicians, Materials Scientists |
Career transition: skill overlap
Skill overlap
41%
11 of 27 target skills
Target-only skills
16
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
- Reading Comprehension+1.9 level
- Active Listening+1.1 level
- Speaking+1.1 level
- Monitoring+1.6 level
- Operations Monitoring+0.9 level
- Critical Thinking+1.1 level
- Time Management+1.1 level
- Quality Control Analysis+0.9 level
- Instructing+0.9 level
- Coordination+0.4 level
- Social Perceptiveness+0.5 level
Only in Manufacturing Engineers
- Mathematics
- Complex Problem Solving
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Writing
- Systems Evaluation
- Systems Analysis
- Active Learning
- Technology Design
- Troubleshooting
- Operations Analysis
- Learning Strategies
- Persuasion
- Science
- Negotiation
- Service Orientation
- Management of Material Resources
Only in Team Assemblers
- None