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
Orthoptists1.91.0$115,210
Music Therapists1.91.3$77,930
Purchasing Managers1.91.4$148,080
Veterinarians1.91.0$130,100
Geography Teachers, Postsecondary1.91.1$97,590
Hydroelectric Production Managers1.91.4$126,060
Art Therapists1.90.9$77,930
Registered Nurses1.91.1$97,550
Financial Quantitative Analysts1.91.4$81,100
Recreational Therapists1.91.1$61,960
Biofuels Production Managers1.9—$126,060
Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary1.91.3$93,250
Speech-Language Pathologists1.91.9$97,870
Loan Officers1.90.9$76,690
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary1.91.1$80,250
Recreation and Fitness Studies Teachers, Postsecondary1.91.0$77,270
Forestry and Conservation Science Teachers, Postsecondary1.91.0$101,420
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health1.91.5$82,220
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary1.91.0$85,020
Radiation Therapists1.91.0$105,310
Exercise Physiologists1.91.8$59,460
Acute Care Nurses1.91.4$97,550
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians1.91.0—
Postmasters and Mail Superintendents1.91.1$96,660
Hydrologists1.91.0$96,600
Geneticists1.91.1$98,920
Water Resource Specialists1.91.6$167,220
Optometrists1.90.9$136,570
Lodging Managers1.91.0$69,250
Physician Assistants1.91.1$135,880
Occupational Therapists1.91.4$100,330
Survey Researchers1.91.1$69,460
Dentists, General1.91.9$170,950
Marketing Managers1.91.0$166,790
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons1.91.6$352,220
Training and Development Specialists1.91.3$69,280
Industrial Ecologists1.91.6$82,220
Investment Fund Managers1.9—$166,570
Validation Engineers1.91.3$102,440
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers1.91.0$101,920
Logistics Analysts1.91.8$82,320
Project Management Specialists1.91.0$102,320
Interpreters and Translators1.91.0$60,170
Animal Scientists1.91.1$68,940
Food Scientists and Technologists1.91.1$88,720
Social and Community Service Managers1.91.1$80,390
Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors1.92.0$115,160
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary1.91.9$109,270
Microbiologists1.91.4$87,990
Athletes and Sports Competitors1.90.9$66,710

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