Equipment Selection Skills and Careers

Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.

910 occupations report this skill · Category: Transferable Skills · O*NET element 2.B.3.c

Occupations reporting Equipment Selection

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

OccupationImportanceLevelNational median wage
Funeral Home Managers1.10.1$78,790
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians1.10.1$265,930
Clinical Research Coordinators1.10.1$167,220
Anthropologists and Archeologists1.10.1$70,770
Training and Development Specialists1.10.1$69,280
Appraisers and Assessors of Real Estate1.10.3—
Management Analysts1.10.1$101,860
Transportation Planners1.10.5$101,110
Natural Sciences Managers1.10.3$167,220
Food Preparation Workers1.10.1$35,320
Art Directors1.10.1$114,850
Couriers and Messengers1.10.1$39,200
Graphic Designers1.10.1$62,960
Physician Assistants1.10.3$135,880
Retail Loss Prevention Specialists1.10.4$42,540
Transportation Inspectors1.10.1$92,100
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses1.10.1$64,400
Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators1.10.1$58,470
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks1.10.1$59,650
Hospitalists1.10.1$265,930
Aerospace Engineers1.10.3$134,960
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants1.10.1$76,590
Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials1.10.1$40,710
Bus Drivers, School1.10.1$47,920
Agricultural Inspectors1.10.1$49,940
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians1.10.3$64,950
Word Processors and Typists1.10.1$49,280
Data Scientists1.10.1$120,230
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers1.10.1$107,230
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary1.10.4$109,270
Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendants1.10.1$36,300
Chief Executives1.10.3$213,990
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists1.10.3$76,780
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers1.10.3$76,210
Costume Attendants1.10.1$50,400
Amusement and Recreation Attendants1.10.1$32,150
Equal Opportunity Representatives and Officers1.10.1$80,730
Communications Teachers, Postsecondary1.10.1$78,580
Fire Inspectors and Investigators1.10.3$75,920
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists1.10.1$62,200
Geneticists1.10.1$98,920
Chief Sustainability Officers1.10.3$213,990
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten1.10.3—
Sustainability Specialists1.10.1$83,050
Video Game Designers1.10.1$104,000
Animal Scientists1.10.3$68,940
Range Managers1.10.1$73,010
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents1.10.4$78,660
Travel Agents1.10.1$50,160
Park Naturalists1.10.1$73,010

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