Social Perceptiveness Skills and Careers

Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.

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

Occupations reporting Social Perceptiveness

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

OccupationImportanceLevelNational median wage
Audio and Video Technicians3.03.0$58,100
Writers and Authors3.03.0$76,910
Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials3.02.8$40,710
Set and Exhibit Designers3.03.1$75,240
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers3.02.9$39,390
Library Technicians3.02.9$44,580
Museum Technicians and Conservators3.03.1$51,440
Economics Teachers, Postsecondary3.03.5$123,920
Environmental Science Teachers, Postsecondary3.03.6$94,980
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary3.03.3$79,940
Paralegals and Legal Assistants3.03.0$62,890
Judicial Law Clerks3.03.1$64,920
Quality Control Analysts3.03.0$62,280
Nuclear Monitoring Technicians3.02.9$110,240
Nuclear Technicians3.03.3$110,240
Commercial Pilots3.03.0$123,220
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health3.03.1$55,090
Transportation Planners3.03.0$101,110
Geographers3.03.0$102,040
Environmental Economists3.03.1$124,720
Economists3.03.0$124,720
Water Resource Specialists3.03.6$167,220
Hydrologists3.03.0$96,600
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers3.03.0$101,920
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists3.03.3—
Software Developers2.93.4$135,980
Models2.92.6$48,470
Network and Computer Systems Administrators2.92.9$99,130
Database Administrators2.93.0$104,620
Computer Network Support Specialists2.92.9$76,220
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders2.92.1$45,760
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks2.92.9$58,260
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers2.92.3$48,570
Special Effects Artists and Animators2.92.9$102,030
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders2.92.6$43,220
Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers2.92.8$41,600
Tax Preparers2.92.8$54,920
Library Assistants, Clerical2.92.8$36,910
Semiconductor Processing Technicians2.92.8$51,430
Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators2.93.0$40,610
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators2.92.6$50,690
Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders2.92.4$46,460
Appraisers of Personal and Business Property2.93.0—
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks2.92.9$59,650
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks2.92.5$45,260
Potters, Manufacturing2.92.8$46,170
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders2.92.5$50,270
Office Machine Operators, Except Computer2.92.3$40,960
Statistical Assistants2.92.9$50,330
Agricultural Equipment Operators2.92.1$41,730

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