Programming Skills and Careers

Writing computer programs for various purposes.

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

Occupations reporting Programming

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

OccupationImportanceLevelNational median wage
Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic1.10.1$49,030
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors1.10.1$47,160
Fast Food and Counter Workers1.10.1$31,200
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers1.10.1$57,020
Sewers, Hand1.10.1$36,480
Demonstrators and Product Promoters1.10.1$39,320
Surgical Technologists1.10.1$64,650
Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers1.10.1—
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators1.10.3$59,850
Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners1.10.1$72,420
Occupational Therapy Aides1.10.1$39,160
Floral Designers1.10.1$37,360
Special Education Teachers, Middle School1.10.1$66,810
Potters, Manufacturing1.10.1$46,170
Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys1.10.1$47,340
Helpers--Production Workers1.10.1$39,070
Home Health Aides1.10.1—
Railroad Brake, Signal, and Switch Operators and Locomotive Firers1.10.3$68,840
Gem and Diamond Workers1.10.1$52,540
Bicycle Repairers1.10.1$42,780
Bridge and Lock Tenders1.10.1$57,700
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers1.10.1$33,980
Furniture Finishers1.10.1$44,540
Clinical Nurse Specialists1.10.1$97,550
Locomotive Engineers1.00.0$81,410
Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers1.00.0$37,800
Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers1.00.0$41,600
Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers1.00.0$41,640
Dishwashers1.00.0$34,810
Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders1.00.0$38,670
Upholsterers1.00.0$46,340
Hoist and Winch Operators1.00.0$56,450
Model Makers, Wood1.00.0$56,550
Nannies1.00.0$34,980
Nursing Assistants1.00.0$42,260
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop1.00.0$31,200
Light Truck Drivers1.00.0$44,860
Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendants1.00.0$36,300
Costume Attendants1.00.0$50,400
Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products1.00.0$35,730
Agricultural Equipment Operators1.00.0$41,730
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals1.00.0$36,670
Couriers and Messengers1.00.0$39,200
Logging Equipment Operators1.00.0$49,740
Gambling Dealers1.00.0$34,320
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand1.00.0$40,240
Actors1.00.0—
Brickmasons and Blockmasons1.00.0$62,120
Stonemasons1.00.0$57,390
Carpet Installers1.00.0$50,340

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