Management of Personnel Resources Skills and Careers

Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.

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

Occupations reporting Management of Personnel Resources

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

OccupationImportanceLevelNational median wage
Stockers and Order Fillers2.12.0$37,330
Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders2.12.0$44,810
Food Batchmakers2.12.1$42,290
Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic2.11.9$58,000
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic2.12.0$47,180
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders2.11.9$47,920
Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic2.12.3$43,960
Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners2.12.0$50,060
Printing Press Operators2.12.0$45,780
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners2.12.0$35,510
Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers2.11.9$37,800
Shoe Machine Operators and Tenders2.11.9$35,650
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners2.11.8$36,840
Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers2.12.1$46,350
Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers2.12.1$62,750
Wellhead Pumpers2.12.0$69,960
Model Makers, Wood2.12.0$56,550
Patternmakers, Wood2.12.0$49,630
Biomass Plant Technicians2.12.3$102,040
Hydroelectric Plant Technicians2.12.3$102,040
Subway and Streetcar Operators2.12.0$86,380
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers2.12.0$104,300
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand2.12.0$42,660
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders2.12.0$46,570
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders2.11.8$45,760
Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders2.12.0$48,040
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers2.12.1$48,570
Security Guards2.12.0$38,020
Technical Writers2.12.1$90,390
Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers2.12.1$41,600
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers2.12.1$68,120
Physical Therapist Aides2.12.1$35,240
Etchers and Engravers2.12.0$43,310
Stone Cutters and Carvers, Manufacturing2.11.9$46,170
Glass Blowers, Molders, Benders, and Finishers2.12.0$46,170
Helpers--Production Workers2.11.8$39,070
Data Warehousing Specialists2.12.0$139,500
Parking Enforcement Workers2.12.1$46,730
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks2.12.1$45,260
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants2.11.9$55,570
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants2.12.0$35,670
Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators2.11.9$58,470
Political Scientists2.12.0$142,080
Office Clerks, General2.12.0$45,010
Postal Service Clerks2.12.0$62,130
Cargo and Freight Agents2.12.3$52,260
Order Clerks2.11.6$46,170
Fallers2.11.4$52,100
Musicians and Singers2.12.3—
New Accounts Clerks2.11.8$47,670

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