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Installation Skills and Careers

Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or programs to meet specifications.

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

Occupations reporting Installation

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

OccupationImportanceLevelNational median wage
Nuclear Monitoring Technicians1.00.0$110,240
Document Management Specialists1.00.0$116,580
Geological Technicians, Except Hydrologic Technicians1.00.0$53,350
Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products1.00.0—
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health1.00.0$55,090
Chemical Technicians1.00.0$60,390
Biological Technicians1.00.0$57,510
Food Science Technicians1.00.0$52,130
Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products1.00.0—
Compensation and Benefits Managers1.00.0$149,230
Special Education Teachers, Elementary School1.00.0—
Agricultural Technicians1.00.0$49,630
Web and Digital Interface Designers1.00.0$104,000
Transportation Planners1.00.0$101,110
Political Scientists1.00.0$142,080
Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes1.00.0$82,890
Historians1.00.0$76,750
Geographers1.00.0$102,040
Anthropologists and Archeologists1.00.0$70,770
Urban and Regional Planners1.00.0$89,320
Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists and Site Managers1.00.0$141,900
Supply Chain Managers1.00.0$107,230
Sociologists1.00.0$106,030
Clinical Neuropsychologists1.00.0$110,840
Neuropsychologists1.00.0$110,840
School Psychologists1.00.0$95,990
Data Warehousing Specialists1.00.0$139,500
Wind Energy Development Managers1.00.0$141,900
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists1.00.0$100,580
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists1.00.0$193,950
Survey Researchers1.00.0$69,460
Environmental Economists1.00.0$124,720
Wind Energy Operations Managers1.00.0$141,900
Administrative Services Managers1.00.0$114,130
Chief Sustainability Officers1.00.0$213,990
Economists1.00.0$124,720
Remote Sensing Scientists and Technologists1.00.0$122,570
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers1.00.0$101,920
Loss Prevention Managers1.00.0$141,900
Environmental Restoration Planners1.00.0$82,220
Climate Change Policy Analysts1.00.0$82,220
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health1.00.0$82,220
Compliance Managers1.00.0$141,900
Purchasing Managers1.00.0$148,080
Materials Scientists1.00.0$117,790
Chemists1.00.0$91,240
Computer and Information Research Scientists1.00.0$140,300
Atmospheric and Space Scientists1.00.0$99,070
Physicists1.00.0$172,250
Regulatory Affairs Managers1.00.0$141,900

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