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
Credit Counselors1.00.0$52,230
Loan Officers1.00.0$76,690
Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents1.00.0$62,370
Tax Preparers1.00.0$54,920
Financial Quantitative Analysts1.00.0$81,100
Fraud Examiners, Investigators and Analysts1.00.0$81,100
Computer Programmers1.00.0$100,390
Document Management Specialists1.00.0$116,580
Information Technology Project Managers1.00.0$116,580
Actuaries1.00.0$130,000
Mathematicians1.00.0$126,710
Operations Research Analysts1.00.0$88,940
Statisticians1.00.0$105,650
Business Intelligence Analysts1.00.0$120,230
Landscape Architects1.00.0$79,870
Transportation Engineers1.00.0$100,840
Environmental Engineers1.00.0$107,110
Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors1.00.0$115,160
Architectural and Civil Drafters1.00.0$66,150
Soil and Plant Scientists1.00.0$78,850
Biologists1.00.0$98,920
Atmospheric and Space Scientists1.00.0$99,070
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health1.00.0$82,220
Climate Change Policy Analysts1.00.0$82,220
Industrial Ecologists1.00.0$82,220
Economists1.00.0$124,720
Environmental Economists1.00.0$124,720
Survey Researchers1.00.0$69,460
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists1.00.0$193,950
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists1.00.0$100,580
Neuropsychologists1.00.0$110,840
Clinical Neuropsychologists1.00.0$110,840
Sociologists1.00.0$106,030
Urban and Regional Planners1.00.0$89,320
Geographers1.00.0$102,040
Historians1.00.0$76,750
Political Scientists1.00.0$142,080
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians1.00.0$61,560
Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors1.00.0—
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors1.00.0$64,330
Marriage and Family Therapists1.00.0$66,940
Mental Health Counselors1.00.0—
Rehabilitation Counselors1.00.0$46,850
Child, Family, and School Social Workers1.00.0$59,550
Healthcare Social Workers1.00.0$67,880
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers1.00.0$60,280
Health Education Specialists1.00.0$64,070
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists1.00.0$66,270
Social and Human Service Assistants1.00.0$45,930
Community Health Workers1.00.0$51,850

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