Operations Analysis Skills and Careers

Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design.

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

Occupations reporting Operations Analysis

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

OccupationImportanceLevelNational median wage
Order Clerks1.50.8$46,170
Postal Service Clerks1.50.5$62,130
Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators1.50.6$58,470
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants1.50.9$76,590
Word Processors and Typists1.50.5$49,280
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers1.50.9$59,320
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse1.51.0$35,660
Logging Equipment Operators1.50.5$49,740
Coroners1.50.6$80,730
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators1.50.6$53,340
Roofers1.50.6$55,440
Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators1.50.5$70,070
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners1.50.8$49,880
Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas1.50.9$58,160
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators1.50.9$78,000
Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials1.50.5$35,060
Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians1.50.5$57,550
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics1.50.5$47,880
Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers1.50.5$47,450
Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers1.50.6$48,220
Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers1.50.5—
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic1.50.5$46,550
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers1.50.6$34,890
Hydroelectric Plant Technicians1.50.5$102,040
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders1.50.5$46,570
Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders1.50.6$48,040
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders1.50.6$48,250
Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators1.51.3$40,610
Helpers--Production Workers1.50.5$39,070
Recycling Coordinators1.51.1—
Special Education Teachers, Middle School1.50.6$66,810
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers1.50.6$58,650
Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians1.50.5$35,450
Paralegals and Legal Assistants1.50.5$62,890
Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators1.50.5$75,530
Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers1.50.6$117,860
Wellhead Pumpers1.40.4$69,960
Correctional Officers and Jailers1.40.5$58,940
Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service1.40.5$38,630
Telemarketers1.40.4$35,450
Models1.40.4$48,470
Detectives and Criminal Investigators1.40.4$93,790
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers1.40.4$57,020
Rail Yard Engineers, Dinkey Operators, and Hostlers1.40.4$60,600
Retail Loss Prevention Specialists1.40.8$42,540
Aircraft Service Attendants1.40.5$40,450
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists1.40.6$62,200
Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas1.40.4$58,620
Teaching Assistants, Special Education1.40.6—

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