Negotiation Skills and Careers

Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.

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

Occupations reporting Negotiation

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

OccupationImportanceLevelNational median wage
Fundraising Managers3.43.6$125,470
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners3.43.6$61,160
Emergency Management Directors3.43.5$93,330
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers3.43.8$60,280
Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors3.43.1
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors3.43.1$64,330
Talent Directors3.43.8$90,360
Security Managers3.43.1$106,660
Information Technology Project Managers3.43.8$116,580
Advertising and Promotions Managers3.44.0$133,660
Foresters3.43.9$76,400
Urban and Regional Planners3.43.4$89,320
Spa Managers3.33.4$69,770
Hydroelectric Production Managers3.33.6$126,060
Public Relations Specialists3.33.4$74,750
Social and Community Service Managers3.33.8$80,390
Music Therapists3.33.3$77,930
Freight Forwarders3.33.4$52,260
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates3.33.9$153,990
Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers3.33.4$41,380
Insurance Sales Agents3.33.4$62,280
Solar Sales Representatives and Assessors3.33.6$104,920
Gambling Managers3.33.5$93,220
Industrial Production Managers3.33.8$126,060
Producers and Directors3.33.4$90,360
Project Management Specialists3.33.4$102,320
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services3.33.4$48,560
Correctional Officers and Jailers3.33.0$58,940
Logisticians3.33.5$82,320
Detectives and Criminal Investigators3.33.1$93,790
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists3.33.3$193,950
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers3.33.6$48,520
Emergency Medicine Physicians3.33.4$335,550
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives3.33.1$106,040
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators3.13.3$78,000
Compensation and Benefits Managers3.13.3$149,230
Wind Energy Operations Managers3.13.9$141,900
Chief Sustainability Officers3.13.3$213,990
Compliance Managers3.13.1$141,900
Recreational Therapists3.13.1$61,960
Funeral Home Managers3.13.3$78,790
Editors3.13.6$77,920
Dietitians and Nutritionists3.13.6$76,400
Credit Counselors3.13.1$52,230
Physician Assistants3.13.1$135,880
Farm and Home Management Educators3.13.3$60,220
Instructional Coordinators3.13.4$77,440
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education3.13.1$62,680
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School3.13.0$66,270
Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers3.13.5$117,860

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