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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
Biological Technicians2.82.8$57,510
Riggers2.82.5$62,640
Signal and Track Switch Repairers2.82.1$92,460
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers2.82.8$63,890
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers2.82.3$34,890
Technical Writers2.82.8$90,390
Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers2.82.3$65,380
Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers2.82.8$56,210
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators2.82.4$59,850
Archivists2.82.9$64,550
Gem and Diamond Workers2.82.8$52,540
Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic2.82.5$58,000
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders2.82.6$51,610
Computer Hardware Engineers2.82.8$161,740
Statisticians2.83.0$105,650
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians2.82.9—
Geodetic Surveyors2.82.9$75,440
Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators2.82.4$46,880
Timing Device Assemblers and Adjusters2.82.4$62,620
Carpenters2.82.8$60,580
Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic2.82.8$63,870
Brickmasons and Blockmasons2.82.3$62,120
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers2.82.8$58,650
Stockers and Order Fillers2.82.5$37,330
Boilermakers2.82.6$76,410
Log Graders and Scalers2.82.8$46,330
Locomotive Engineers2.82.8$81,410
Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators2.82.4$77,320
Penetration Testers2.83.0$116,580
Food Batchmakers2.82.6$42,290
Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers2.82.5$52,600
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers2.82.4$58,640
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic2.82.4$47,720
Logging Equipment Operators2.82.3$49,740
Surveying and Mapping Technicians2.82.8$54,240
Photonics Technicians2.82.8$78,350
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse2.82.4$35,660
Forest and Conservation Workers2.82.8$43,680
Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic2.82.1$49,080
Nanotechnology Engineering Technologists and Technicians2.82.6$66,120
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders2.82.8$48,540
Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators2.82.3$78,620
Mechatronics Engineers2.82.9$122,930
Chemical Plant and System Operators2.82.8$78,120
Cutters and Trimmers, Hand2.82.8$38,020
Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters2.82.3$47,550
Transportation Vehicle, Equipment and Systems Inspectors, Except Aviation2.82.8$92,100
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders2.82.5$46,570
Billing and Posting Clerks2.82.6$48,500
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks2.82.8$50,670

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