Management of Material Resources Skills and Careers

Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do certain work.

910 occupations report this skill · Category: Transferable Skills · O*NET element 2.B.5.c

Occupations reporting Management of Material Resources

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

OccupationImportanceLevelNational median wage
Chief Executives4.04.8$213,990
Supply Chain Managers3.83.8$107,230
Construction Managers3.43.8$114,990
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary3.43.8$105,870
Medical and Health Services Managers3.33.6$123,860
Industrial Production Managers3.34.0$126,060
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare3.33.0$59,300
Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products3.33.5
Chefs and Head Cooks3.33.4$62,470
Purchasing Managers3.33.9$148,080
Security Managers3.33.1$106,660
General and Operations Managers3.13.3$105,770
Biomass Power Plant Managers3.13.6$126,060
Geothermal Production Managers3.13.3$126,060
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers3.13.4$69,990
Spa Managers3.13.5$69,770
Information Technology Project Managers3.13.6$116,580
Foresters3.13.3$76,400
Food Service Managers3.03.0$69,390
Hydroelectric Production Managers3.03.4$126,060
Surgical Technologists3.02.4$64,650
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers3.03.0$44,080
Curators3.03.8$63,420
Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers3.03.3$106,220
Media Programming Directors3.03.0$90,360
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers3.03.0$107,230
Manufacturing Engineers3.03.5$102,440
Wind Energy Development Managers3.03.5$141,900
Project Management Specialists3.03.0$102,320
Dentists, General3.03.0$170,950
Lodging Managers3.03.6$69,250
Training and Development Managers2.93.0$133,000
Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists and Site Managers2.93.1$141,900
Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products2.93.0
Cooks, Private Household2.92.9$47,940
Administrative Services Managers2.92.9$114,130
Fitness and Wellness Coordinators2.93.0$69,770
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers2.92.9$58,430
Molecular and Cellular Biologists2.93.0$98,920
Civil Engineers2.93.0$100,840
Transportation Engineers2.93.0$100,840
Landscape Architects2.93.0$79,870
Wind Energy Operations Managers2.93.1$141,900
Architectural and Engineering Managers2.93.0$171,270
Education Administrators, Postsecondary2.93.5$104,590
Marketing Managers2.92.9$166,790
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners2.92.9$61,160
Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers2.93.1$89,900
Logisticians2.92.6$82,320
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers2.93.0$87,520

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