Instructing Skills and Careers

Teaching others how to do something.

910 occupations report this skill · Category: Transferable Skills · O*NET element 2.B.1.e

Occupations reporting Instructing

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

OccupationImportanceLevelNational median wage
Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary4.04.3$103,170
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary4.04.0$63,820
Education Administrators, Postsecondary4.04.0$104,590
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary4.04.1$76,590
Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary4.04.3$75,870
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary4.04.3$79,940
Training and Development Managers4.04.8$133,000
Human Resources Managers3.94.0$149,280
Farm and Home Management Educators3.93.9$60,220
Loss Prevention Managers3.93.9$141,900
Speech-Language Pathologists3.94.0$97,870
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives3.93.9$106,040
Medical and Health Services Managers3.93.9$123,860
Special Education Teachers, Preschool3.93.3$64,830
Directors, Religious Activities and Education3.93.3$52,100
Physicists3.94.8$172,250
Low Vision Therapists, Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and Vision Rehabilitation Therapists3.93.8$100,330
Recreational Therapists3.93.8$61,960
Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary3.94.6$93,250
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary3.94.0$105,870
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare3.94.0$59,300
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten3.93.3
Animal Trainers3.83.1$39,990
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers3.83.1$44,080
Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses3.83.3$97,550
Emergency Management Directors3.84.1$93,330
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians3.84.0$265,930
Recreation Workers3.83.4$36,560
Dietitians and Nutritionists3.83.9$76,400
Sales Managers3.83.9$148,270
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers3.83.6$69,500
Preventive Medicine Physicians3.84.6$265,930
Geneticists3.83.8$98,920
Molecular and Cellular Biologists3.84.1$98,920
Lodging Managers3.83.8$69,250
Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric3.84.6$300,080
Psychiatrists3.63.9$281,870
Community Health Workers3.63.4$51,850
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors3.63.6$64,330
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers3.63.4$107,230
Chefs and Head Cooks3.63.5$62,470
Athletic Trainers3.63.8$62,520
Spa Managers3.63.4$69,770
Emergency Medicine Physicians3.64.1$335,550
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers3.63.1$93,530
Sociologists3.63.8$106,030
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists3.63.9$193,950
Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling3.63.6$79,520
Sports Medicine Physicians3.63.8$265,930
Biochemists and Biophysicists3.64.4$127,410

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