Active Learning Skills and Careers

Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.

910 occupations report this skill · Category: Essential Skills · O*NET element 2.A.2.b

Occupations reporting Active Learning

Importance and level are O*NET scale values. Ordered by reported importance. A skill rating does not indicate hiring outcomes.

OccupationImportanceLevelNational median wage
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers3.13.3$96,590
Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians3.13.4$74,310
Hearing Aid Specialists3.13.1$65,160
Computer User Support Specialists3.13.3$61,860
Travel Guides3.13.0—
Acupuncturists3.13.0$76,040
Recreation Workers3.13.1$36,560
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers3.13.0$48,590
Freight Forwarders3.13.1$52,260
Psychiatric Technicians3.13.0$45,130
Dental Assistants3.13.1$48,070
Park Naturalists3.13.3$73,010
Physical Therapists3.13.3$102,760
Tax Preparers3.13.0$54,920
Optometrists3.13.9$136,570
Loan Officers3.13.1$76,690
Makeup Artists, Theatrical and Performance3.13.0$97,150
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians3.13.0$47,380
Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians3.13.3$74,510
Photographers3.13.1$44,660
Insurance Underwriters3.13.4$81,370
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers3.13.4$69,990
Sound Engineering Technicians3.13.1$73,130
Broadcast Technicians3.13.1$59,570
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians3.13.6$66,120
Interpreters and Translators3.13.0$60,170
Robotics Technicians3.13.6$73,900
Gambling Surveillance Officers and Gambling Investigators3.13.1$43,370
Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians3.13.3$73,900
Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys3.13.1$47,340
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians3.13.4$78,190
Biomass Power Plant Managers3.13.4$126,060
Appraisers of Personal and Business Property3.13.0—
Architectural and Civil Drafters3.13.3$66,150
Fire Inspectors and Investigators3.13.1$75,920
Set and Exhibit Designers3.13.1$75,240
Interior Designers3.13.1$67,190
Neurodiagnostic Technologists3.13.3$50,290
Mechatronics Engineers3.14.0$122,930
Special Effects Artists and Animators3.13.4$102,030
Patient Representatives3.13.6$50,290
Teaching Assistants, Preschool, Elementary, Middle, and Secondary School, Except Special Education3.12.9—
Facilities Managers3.13.1$106,660
Endoscopy Technicians3.13.3$48,430
Museum Technicians and Conservators3.13.1$51,440
Nuclear Medicine Technologists3.13.1$101,370
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists3.13.4$68,270
Self-Enrichment Teachers3.13.1$46,800
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers3.13.0$55,940
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers3.13.0$58,430

Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0 (onetcenter.org). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.