Operations Monitoring Skills and Careers

Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.

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

Occupations reporting Operations Monitoring

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

OccupationImportanceLevelNational median wage
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education1.91.1$64,370
Adapted Physical Education Specialists1.91.8$76,580
Online Merchants1.91.4$83,050
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors1.91.1$61,540
Self-Enrichment Teachers1.91.4$46,800
Brokerage Clerks1.91.1$65,750
Library Technicians1.91.0$44,580
Accountants and Auditors1.91.4$83,680
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks1.91.0$58,260
Appraisers of Personal and Business Property1.91.4—
Bill and Account Collectors1.91.0$47,030
Financial Managers1.91.4$166,570
Appraisers and Assessors of Real Estate1.91.4—
Budget Analysts1.90.9$91,640
Sales Engineers1.91.8$124,900
Insurance Underwriters1.90.9$81,370
Loan Officers1.90.9$76,690
Actuaries1.90.9$130,000
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products1.91.6$104,920
Operations Research Analysts1.91.3$88,940
Tapers1.91.6$68,270
Statisticians1.91.0$105,650
Investment Fund Managers1.91.5$166,570
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary1.91.4$105,870
Cashiers1.91.3$32,880
Loan Interviewers and Clerks1.91.6$50,020
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors1.91.3$47,160
Nannies1.91.3$34,980
Childcare Workers1.91.5$34,980
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive1.91.0$47,540
Data Scientists1.91.4$120,230
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists1.91.8$81,390
Architectural and Civil Drafters1.9—$66,150
Costume Attendants1.91.3$50,400
Mechanical Drafters1.91.8$71,550
Animal Caretakers1.91.4$35,360
School Bus Monitors1.91.1$35,100
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary1.91.9$109,270
Private Detectives and Investigators1.90.9$51,220
Marketing Managers1.90.9$166,790
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers1.91.5$48,520
Pharmacy Aides1.91.6$37,680
Biologists1.91.6$98,920
Industrial Ecologists1.91.1$82,220
Clinical Neuropsychologists1.91.3$110,840
Patient Representatives1.91.0$50,290
Medical Records Specialists1.91.3$51,140
Regulatory Affairs Managers1.90.9$141,900
Transportation Planners1.91.8$101,110
Art Directors1.81.0$114,850

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