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
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary1.91.0$85,020
Athletes and Sports Competitors1.90.9$66,710
Water Resource Specialists1.91.6$167,220
Geneticists1.91.1$98,920
Conservation Scientists1.91.1$73,010
Range Managers1.91.1$73,010
Nannies1.91.0$34,980
Lodging Managers1.91.0$69,250
Recreation Workers1.91.0$36,560
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers1.90.9$48,520
Fire Inspectors and Investigators1.91.1$75,920
Marketing Managers1.91.0$166,790
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers1.91.0$58,430
Training and Development Specialists1.91.3$69,280
Set and Exhibit Designers1.91.6$75,240
Coaches and Scouts1.91.5$47,320
Investment Fund Managers1.9—$166,570
Validation Engineers1.91.3$102,440
Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary1.91.3$93,250
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers1.91.0$101,920
Physical Therapist Aides1.91.1$35,240
Embalmers1.91.0$58,780
Solar Sales Representatives and Assessors1.91.4$104,920
Logistics Analysts1.91.8$82,320
Project Management Specialists1.91.0$102,320
Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors1.92.0$115,160
Opticians, Dispensing1.91.3$47,260
Chief Sustainability Officers1.91.1$213,990
Architectural and Engineering Managers1.91.8$171,270
Dentists, General1.91.9$170,950
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians1.91.0$47,380
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians1.91.0—
Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary1.91.1$42,910
Medical Dosimetrists1.91.3$147,470
Interior Designers1.91.0$67,190
Special Effects Artists and Animators1.91.8$102,030
Orthoptists1.91.0$115,210
Optometrists1.90.9$136,570
Psychiatric Technicians1.90.8$45,130
Athletic Trainers1.91.8$62,520
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors1.91.1$61,540
Remote Sensing Technicians1.91.6$62,280
Allergists and Immunologists1.91.1$265,930
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare1.91.0$59,300
Physicians, Pathologists1.91.5$312,400
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary1.91.1$63,820
Dermatologists1.91.0$328,730
Penetration Testers1.91.1$116,580
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School1.90.9$66,270
Adapted Physical Education Specialists1.91.3$76,580

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