Service Orientation Skills and Careers

Actively looking for ways to help people.

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

Occupations reporting Service Orientation

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

Occupation	Importance	Level	National median wage
Emergency Management Directors	4.3	5.3	$93,330
Emergency Medicine Physicians	4.1	4.3	$335,550
Acute Care Nurses	4.1	4.3	$97,550
Marriage and Family Therapists	4.1	4.3	$66,940
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	4.1	4.0	$64,400
Healthcare Social Workers	4.1	4.4	$67,880
Travel Guides	4.1	3.9	—
Recreational Therapists	4.1	4.3	$61,960
Occupational Therapists	4.1	4.0	$100,330
Travel Agents	4.1	4.0	$50,160
Lodging Managers	4.1	4.1	$69,250
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	4.0	4.1	$59,550
Clinical Nurse Specialists	4.0	4.0	$97,550
Hospitalists	4.0	4.1	$265,930
Recreation Workers	4.0	3.8	$36,560
Psychiatrists	4.0	4.3	$281,870
Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks	4.0	3.8	$44,390
Dentists, General	4.0	4.0	$170,950
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	4.0	4.0	$64,330
Physical Therapists	4.0	4.0	$102,760
Physician Assistants	4.0	4.1	$135,880
Funeral Home Managers	4.0	4.0	$78,790
Dermatologists	4.0	4.0	$328,730
Music Therapists	4.0	3.9	$77,930
Customer Service Representatives	4.0	3.6	$44,770
Social and Community Service Managers	4.0	4.0	$80,390
Nursing Assistants	4.0	3.9	$42,260
Rehabilitation Counselors	4.0	4.1	$46,850
Personal Care Aides	4.0	3.9	—
Concierges	4.0	4.0	$38,950
Registered Nurses	4.0	4.0	$97,550
Critical Care Nurses	4.0	4.0	$97,550
Patient Representatives	4.0	3.9	$50,290
Special Education Teachers, Middle School	4.0	3.6	$66,810
Home Health Aides	4.0	3.4	—
Clergy	4.0	4.3	$60,810
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers	3.9	4.1	$60,280
School Psychologists	3.9	3.9	$95,990
Sports Medicine Physicians	3.9	4.0	$265,930
Social and Human Service Assistants	3.9	4.0	$45,930
Exercise Physiologists	3.9	4.0	$59,460
Pediatricians, General	3.9	3.9	$210,040
Art Therapists	3.9	4.0	$77,930
Family Medicine Physicians	3.9	3.9	$244,180
Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric	3.9	4.0	$300,080
Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors	3.9	4.0	—
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School	3.9	3.9	$74,260
Low Vision Therapists, Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and Vision Rehabilitation Therapists	3.9	3.5	$100,330
Pharmacists	3.9	4.0	$140,910
Adapted Physical Education Specialists	3.9	3.9	$76,580

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