Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Industrial, Physical Pharmacy, & Cosmetic Sciences field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Industrial, Physical Pharmacy, & Cosmetic Sciences majors need many skills, but most especially Writing. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Industrial, Physical Pharmacy, & Cosmetic Sciences majors need more than the average amount of Operations Analysis, Systems Analysis, and Systems Evaluation.

These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Industrial, Physical Pharmacy, & Cosmetic Sciences majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Operations Analysis is very distinctive for majors, but the Writing, Reading Comprehension, and Speaking are the three most important skills for people in the field.