Compare Marketing Managers & Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products District Of Columbia

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Salary

View the mid-level salary in both your current job and your selected occupation. (Annual salaries apply to people who work full-time year-round.)

Marketing Managers $161,900
Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm... $109,400

Similar skills & knowledge

These skills are commonly used in both your current job and your selected occupation.

English Language
Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

Social Perceptiveness
Understanding people's reactions.

Persuasion
Talking people into changing their minds or their behavior.

Monitoring
Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements.

Critical Thinking
Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.

Education and Training
Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.

Reading Comprehension
Reading work-related information.

Instructing
Teaching people how to do something.

Active Learning
Figuring out how to use new ideas or things.

Active Listening
Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.

Personnel and Human Resources
Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.

Writing
Writing things for co-workers or customers.

Judgment and Decision Making
Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one.

Speaking
Talking to others.

Mathematics
Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.

Computers and Electronics
Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

Management of Financial Resources
Making spending decisions and keeping track of what is spent.

Complex Problem Solving
Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.

Economics and Accounting
Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data.

Negotiation
Bringing people together to solve differences.


Typical Level Of Training

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Typical level Of training for Marketing Managers
Marketing Managers

Bachelor's degree

Typical level Of training for Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products
Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products

Licensing

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Licensing for Marketing Managers
Marketing Managers

No license found in District of Columbia

Licensing for Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products
Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products

No license found in District of Columbia


Certification

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Certification for Marketing Managers
Marketing Managers

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Certification for Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products
Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products

6 related certifications

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