Technology Design Skills and Careers

Generating or adapting equipment and technology to serve user needs.

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

Occupations reporting Technology Design

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

OccupationImportanceLevelNational median wage
Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary1.80.9$77,570
Hearing Aid Specialists1.81.4$65,160
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators1.81.0$59,850
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers1.80.8$57,020
Patient Representatives1.80.8$50,290
Carpenters1.80.9$60,580
Stone Cutters and Carvers, Manufacturing1.80.8$46,170
Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary1.80.8$75,870
Prepress Technicians and Workers1.81.0$48,690
Agricultural Inspectors1.80.8$49,940
Office Machine Operators, Except Computer1.80.8$40,960
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants1.80.8$76,590
Surgical Assistants1.61.1$66,800
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education1.60.9$62,680
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education1.60.6$72,040
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders1.60.6$47,920
Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic1.60.6$63,870
Archivists1.60.9$64,550
Teaching Assistants, Preschool, Elementary, Middle, and Secondary School, Except Special Education1.61.0—
Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners1.60.8$50,060
Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators1.61.3$55,490
Print Binding and Finishing Workers1.61.0$42,290
Choreographers1.60.8$55,310
Music Directors and Composers1.61.3$73,710
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists1.60.9$62,200
Writers and Authors1.60.6$76,910
Poets, Lyricists and Creative Writers1.60.6$76,910
Chiropractors1.60.9$79,200
Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders1.60.6$38,180
Respiratory Therapists1.61.3$82,280
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators1.60.6$46,420
Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses1.60.8$97,550
Power Distributors and Dispatchers1.60.6$106,730
Psychiatrists1.60.6$281,870
Hospitalists1.60.8$265,930
Regulatory Affairs Managers1.60.8$141,900
Preventive Medicine Physicians1.60.6$265,930
Sports Medicine Physicians1.61.0$265,930
Spa Managers1.61.0$69,770
Histotechnologists1.61.0—
Histology Technicians1.60.9—
Funeral Home Managers1.60.8$78,790
Midwives1.60.8$65,790
Psychiatric Aides1.60.8$44,910
Massage Therapists1.60.8$58,450
Pharmacy Aides1.60.6$37,680
Endoscopy Technicians1.60.6$48,430
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers1.60.6$77,970
Firefighters1.60.6$59,280
Correctional Officers and Jailers1.60.8$58,940

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