Compare Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists & Purchasing Managers 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.)

Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists $84,400
Purchasing Managers $155,700

Similar skills & knowledge

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

Speaking
Talking to others.

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

Writing
Writing things for co-workers or customers.

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

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.

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

Social Perceptiveness
Understanding people's reactions.

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

Systems Analysis
Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it.

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.

Law and Government
Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.


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 Material Resources Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists
Very Low
Management of Material Resources Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Purchasing Managers
Purchasing Managers
Medium

Management of Material Resources
Managing equipment and materials.

Management of Financial Resources Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists
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.

Sales and Marketing Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists
Low
Sales and Marketing Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Purchasing Managers
Purchasing Managers
Medium

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.

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Typical Level Of Training

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Typical level Of training for Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists

Bachelor's degree

Typical level Of training for Purchasing Managers
Purchasing Managers

Licensing

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Licensing for Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists

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 Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists

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Certification for Purchasing Managers
Purchasing Managers

28 related certifications

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