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
Web and Digital Interface Designers1.30.4$104,000
Human Resources Managers1.30.3$149,280
Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary1.30.5$96,870
Shampooers1.30.4$32,600
Gambling Dealers1.30.3$34,320
Telephone Operators1.30.3$41,740
New Accounts Clerks1.30.3$47,670
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping1.30.3$50,610
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance1.30.4$50,340
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants1.30.4$76,590
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants1.30.3$45,930
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive1.30.3$47,540
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks1.30.4$49,230
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop1.30.3$31,200
Orthoptists1.30.3$115,210
Naturopathic Physicians1.30.3$115,210
Preventive Medicine Physicians1.30.3$265,930
Neurologists1.30.5$248,560
Dermatologists1.30.4$328,730
Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes1.30.3$82,890
Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products1.30.3—
Sustainability Specialists1.30.3$83,050
Online Merchants1.30.3$83,050
Appraisers of Personal and Business Property1.30.3—
Credit Analysts1.30.3$83,510
Financial Examiners1.30.3$94,160
Loan Officers1.30.4$76,690
Adapted Physical Education Specialists1.30.3$76,580
Penetration Testers1.30.4$116,580
Data Scientists1.30.4$120,230
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary1.30.3$78,620
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks1.10.1$50,670
Medical Transcriptionists1.10.1$40,410
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary1.10.1$105,870
Makeup Artists, Theatrical and Performance1.10.1$97,150
Manicurists and Pedicurists1.10.1$35,760
Tour Guides and Escorts1.10.1—
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents1.10.1$78,660
Telemarketers1.10.1$35,450
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers1.10.3$69,500
Brokerage Clerks1.10.3$65,750
Correspondence Clerks1.10.1$46,800
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks1.10.3$48,700
Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks1.10.1$50,080
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks1.10.1$35,070
Financial Managers1.10.1$166,570
Fundraising Managers1.10.3$125,470
Hospitalists1.10.1$265,930
Family Medicine Physicians1.10.3$244,180
Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials1.10.1$40,710

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