Compare Management Analysts & Purchasing Managers District Of Columbia

Comparison Management Analysts Purchasing Managers
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.)

Management Analysts $110,800
Purchasing Managers $155,700

Similar skills & knowledge

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

Sales and Marketing
Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.

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

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

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

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

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.

Customer and Personal Service
Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

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

Systems Evaluation
Measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it.

Coordination
Changing what is done based on other people's actions.

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

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

Reading Comprehension
Reading work-related information.

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

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

Administration and Management
Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.

Social Perceptiveness
Understanding people's reactions.

Learning Strategies
Using the best training or teaching strategies for learning new things.

Speaking
Talking to others.

Writing
Writing things for co-workers or customers.


skills & knowledge Gaps

These are areas where you might have skill gaps. People working in your selected job generally need higher levels in these skill and knowledge areas than people working in your current job.

Management of Financial Resources Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Management Analysts
Management Analysts
Very Low
Management of Financial Resources Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Purchasing Managers
Purchasing Managers
Medium

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

Management of Material Resources Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Management Analysts
Management Analysts
Low
Management of Material Resources Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Purchasing Managers
Purchasing Managers
Medium

Management of Material Resources
Managing equipment and materials.

Administrative Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Management Analysts
Management Analysts
Medium
Administrative Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Purchasing Managers
Purchasing Managers
High

Administrative
Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.

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Typical Level Of Training

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Typical level Of training for Management Analysts
Management Analysts

Bachelor's degree

Typical level Of training for Purchasing Managers
Purchasing Managers

Licensing

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Licensing for Management Analysts
Management Analysts

No license found in District of Columbia

Licensing for Purchasing Managers
Purchasing Managers

No license found in District of Columbia


Certification

Certifications help you get ahead or qualify for different jobs. You usually have to pass a test to earn one, and then you can show employers that you have the skills and knowledge needed to do well on the job.

Certification for Management Analysts
Management Analysts

27 related certifications

Certification for Purchasing Managers
Purchasing Managers

28 related certifications

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