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Dancers — Career Decision Dashboard

United States

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Median annual wage

Not published

Employment

Not published

Typical education

High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED)

Job Zone 3

Skills identified

35

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Career overview

Perform dances. May perform on stage, for broadcasting, or for video recording.

O*NET code
27-2031.00
Job zone
3
Experience required
None

Typical tasks

  • Study and practice dance moves required in roles.
  • Harmonize body movements to rhythm of musical accompaniment.
  • Train, exercise, and attend dance classes to maintain high levels of technical proficiency, physical ability, and physical fitness.
  • Coordinate dancing with that of partners or dance ensembles.
  • Develop self-understanding of physical capabilities and limitations, and choose dance styles accordingly.
  • Perform classical, modern, or acrobatic dances in productions, expressing stories, rhythm, and sound with their bodies.
  • Collaborate with choreographers to refine or modify dance steps.
  • Audition for dance roles or for membership in dance companies.

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Salary analysis — United States

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Most important skills

  • Active Listening3.3
  • Critical Thinking3.0
  • Coordination3.0
  • Social Perceptiveness2.9
  • Speaking2.9
  • Time Management2.9
  • Monitoring2.9
  • Active Learning2.8
  • Reading Comprehension2.8
  • Service Orientation2.8
  • Judgment and Decision Making2.6
  • Learning Strategies2.5

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Skills listed are those O*NET rates at importance 3.0 or above for this occupation. Set your own level on the same 0–7 O*NET scale.

Skill coverage

0%

0 of 3 identified skills

Matched

0

Missing

3

Your selected skills cover approximately 0% of the skills identified for this occupation in O*NET. This is a coverage measure of listed skills only — it is not a qualification, hiring or interview outcome.

Skills to develop

SkillImportanceRequired levelYour levelGap
Coordination3.03.8Not selected3.8
Active Listening3.33.0Not selected3.0
Critical Thinking3.02.6Not selected2.6

Ordered by required level gap multiplied by O*NET importance. No prediction or recommendation is implied.

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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0.

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