Operation and Control Skills and Careers

Controlling operations of equipment or systems.

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

Occupations reporting Operation and Control

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

OccupationImportanceLevelNational median wage
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks1.50.5$59,650
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers1.50.9$48,520
Word Processors and Typists1.50.6$49,280
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers1.50.8$69,990
Floral Designers1.50.5$37,360
Anthropologists and Archeologists1.50.5$70,770
Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products1.50.6$35,730
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary1.50.6$80,250
Health Education Specialists1.50.8$64,070
Database Administrators1.50.9$104,620
Compliance Managers1.50.6$141,900
General Internal Medicine Physicians1.50.6$256,560
Electrical and Electronics Drafters1.50.8$76,870
Special Education Teachers, Elementary School1.50.8—
Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers1.51.0$41,600
Bailiffs1.50.8$56,600
Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendants1.50.6$36,300
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary1.50.6$109,270
Architectural and Engineering Managers1.51.1$171,270
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare1.50.5$59,300
Cashiers1.50.5$32,880
Bioinformatics Scientists1.50.9$98,920
Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks1.50.5$44,390
Curators1.40.4$63,420
Management Analysts1.40.5$101,860
Digital Forensics Analysts1.40.8$116,580
Business Intelligence Analysts1.40.4$120,230
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists1.40.4$81,390
Civil Engineers1.40.5$100,840
Electrical Engineers1.40.4$120,630
Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers1.40.6$41,380
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers1.40.5$33,580
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists1.40.5$35,790
Speech-Language Pathology Assistants1.40.4$48,430
Home Health Aides1.40.4—
Gambling Managers1.40.5$93,220
Waiters and Waitresses1.40.4$35,230
Urban and Regional Planners1.40.5$89,320
Office Clerks, General1.40.4$45,010
Acupuncturists1.40.4$76,040
Pharmacists1.40.4$140,910
Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors1.40.4—
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers1.40.6$60,280
Musicians and Singers1.40.6—
Music Directors and Composers1.40.6$73,710
Clergy1.40.4$60,810
Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents1.40.4$62,370
Fraud Examiners, Investigators and Analysts1.40.4$81,100
Teaching Assistants, Special Education1.40.6—
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists1.40.5$68,270

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