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
Online Merchants1.81.1$83,050
Anesthesiologists1.80.8$391,490
Public Relations Specialists1.81.4$74,750
Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters1.81.1$61,390
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians1.80.8$80,110
Musicians and Singers1.81.0—
Nurse Practitioners1.81.0$132,300
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant1.80.8$35,360
Media Programming Directors1.81.0$90,360
Sustainability Specialists1.81.1$83,050
Fish and Game Wardens1.80.9$74,060
Editors1.80.9$77,920
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers1.80.8$39,390
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists1.80.9$78,760
Fashion Designers1.81.0$80,960
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians1.80.8$64,950
Construction and Building Inspectors1.80.8$74,690
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers1.80.8$76,210
Forest Fire Inspectors and Prevention Specialists1.80.9$56,870
Instructional Coordinators1.80.8$77,440
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers1.80.9$93,530
Curators1.80.9$63,420
Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians1.80.9$74,310
Reinforcing Iron and Rebar Workers1.80.9$58,970
Self-Enrichment Teachers1.80.8$46,800
Fundraisers1.80.8$72,550
Sheet Metal Workers1.81.1$61,800
Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers1.80.8$58,930
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators1.81.0$59,850
Glaziers1.80.8$57,080
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School1.80.8$65,030
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education1.80.8$64,370
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers1.80.9$38,150
Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall1.81.0$49,120
Logisticians1.80.8$82,320
Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary1.80.8$75,870
Carpenters1.80.9$60,580
Dental Assistants1.81.0$48,070
Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary1.80.9$79,350
Speech-Language Pathology Assistants1.81.0$48,430
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers1.80.8$57,020
Naturopathic Physicians1.80.9$115,210
Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary1.80.9$77,570
Agricultural Inspectors1.80.8$49,940
Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary1.80.8$80,340
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners1.80.8$61,160
Human Resources Specialists1.80.8$75,940
Economics Teachers, Postsecondary1.80.8$123,920
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary1.80.9$105,870
Office Machine Operators, Except Computer1.80.8$40,960

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