Compare Interior Designers & Marketing 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.)

Interior Designers $80,500
Marketing Managers $161,900

Similar skills & knowledge

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

Service Orientation
Looking for ways to help people.

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.

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

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.

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

Speaking
Talking to others.

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

Writing
Writing things for co-workers or customers.

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

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.

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.

Reading Comprehension
Reading work-related information.

Operations Analysis
Figuring out what a product or service needs to be able to do.

Negotiation
Bringing people together to solve differences.

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

Instructing
Teaching people how to do something.

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

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

Social Perceptiveness
Understanding people's reactions.

Communications and Media
Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.


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.

Sales and Marketing Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Interior Designers
Interior Designers
Medium
Sales and Marketing Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Marketing Managers
Marketing Managers
Very High

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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Education and Training Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Interior Designers
Interior Designers
Low
Education and Training Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Marketing Managers
Marketing Managers
Medium

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.

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Economics and Accounting Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Interior Designers
Interior Designers
Low
Economics and Accounting Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Marketing Managers
Marketing Managers
Medium

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

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Typical Level Of Training

See how much education people typically have in your selected job, and then use the link to find training programs in your local area.

Typical level Of training for Interior Designers
Interior Designers

Bachelor's degree

Typical level Of training for Marketing Managers
Marketing Managers

Licensing

Many states require licenses for certain jobs. See if your selected occupation requires a license and if so, follow the link to find information for your state.

Licensing for Interior Designers
Interior Designers

License may be required in District of Columbia

Licensing for Marketing Managers
Marketing 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 Interior Designers
Interior Designers

15 related certifications

Certification for Marketing Managers
Marketing Managers

37 related certifications

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