Science Skills and Careers

Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.

910 occupations report this skill · Category: Essential Skills · O*NET element 2.A.1.f

Occupations reporting Science

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

OccupationImportanceLevelNational median wage
Animal Caretakers1.50.5$35,360
Human Resources Managers1.50.5$149,280
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing1.50.5$43,380
Makeup Artists, Theatrical and Performance1.50.5$97,150
Training and Development Managers1.50.4$133,000
Education Administrators, Postsecondary1.50.5$104,590
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products1.50.6$104,920
Machinists1.50.8$58,750
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic1.50.5$46,550
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic1.50.5$46,330
Adapted Physical Education Specialists1.50.5$76,580
Postmasters and Mail Superintendents1.50.5$96,660
Funeral Home Managers1.50.5$78,790
Advertising and Promotions Managers1.50.5$133,660
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten1.50.8—
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping1.50.8$46,380
Logging Equipment Operators1.50.5$49,740
Construction Laborers1.50.5$47,120
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators1.50.6$59,850
Glaziers1.50.6$57,080
Painters, Construction and Maintenance1.50.5$49,400
Security Managers1.40.4$106,660
Cooks, Restaurant1.40.4$37,390
Self-Enrichment Teachers1.40.4$46,800
Cooks, Private Household1.40.5$47,940
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education1.40.5$62,680
Solar Sales Representatives and Assessors1.40.5$104,920
Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic1.40.4$52,800
Project Management Specialists1.40.6$102,320
Helpers--Extraction Workers1.40.5$47,730
Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic1.40.4$50,140
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic1.40.4$47,720
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers1.40.4$76,210
Correctional Officers and Jailers1.40.4$58,940
Stone Cutters and Carvers, Manufacturing1.40.4$46,170
Fundraisers1.40.4$72,550
Insulation Workers, Mechanical1.40.4$58,340
Riggers1.40.5$62,640
Pile Driver Operators1.40.4$73,300
Appraisers of Personal and Business Property1.40.6—
Teaching Assistants, Preschool, Elementary, Middle, and Secondary School, Except Special Education1.40.9—
Public Safety Telecommunicators1.40.4$53,040
Credit Analysts1.40.4$83,510
Personal Financial Advisors1.40.4$105,070
Insurance Underwriters1.40.4$81,370
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers1.40.4$74,330
First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand1.40.5—
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants1.40.4$76,590
Media Programming Directors1.40.4$90,360
Flight Attendants1.40.5$63,580

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