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
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education1.80.8$64,370
Nurse Practitioners1.81.0$132,300
Logisticians1.80.8$82,320
Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary1.80.8$75,870
Childcare Workers1.80.9$34,980
Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary1.80.9$79,350
Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary1.80.9$77,570
Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers1.81.0$52,600
Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary1.80.8$80,340
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers1.80.9$93,530
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners1.80.8$61,160
Travel Guides1.81.0—
Human Resources Specialists1.80.8$75,940
Occupational Therapy Assistants1.80.9$72,300
Economics Teachers, Postsecondary1.80.8$123,920
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary1.80.9$105,870
Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers1.81.3$56,210
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics1.80.8$47,880
Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters1.81.1$61,390
Geodetic Surveyors1.81.4$75,440
Helpers--Extraction Workers1.81.0$47,730
Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary1.80.8$103,170
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers1.80.9$38,150
Landscape Architects1.81.0$79,870
Dental Assistants1.81.0$48,070
Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary1.80.8$98,700
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School1.80.9$74,260
Makeup Artists, Theatrical and Performance1.81.0$97,150
Atmospheric and Space Scientists1.81.4$99,070
Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary1.80.9$96,870
Construction Managers1.81.0$114,990
Manicurists and Pedicurists1.80.9$35,760
Clinical Data Managers1.81.4$120,230
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates1.80.8$153,990
Speech-Language Pathology Assistants1.81.0$48,430
Patient Representatives1.80.8$50,290
Equal Opportunity Representatives and Officers1.80.9$80,730
Operations Research Analysts1.81.1$88,940
Sheet Metal Workers1.81.1$61,800
Social and Human Service Assistants1.80.9$45,930
Environmental Compliance Inspectors1.80.9$80,730
Pharmacy Technicians1.80.8$45,750
Construction and Building Inspectors1.80.8$74,690
Training and Development Managers1.80.8$133,000
Health Education Specialists1.81.0$64,070
Public Safety Telecommunicators1.80.8$53,040
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers1.81.0$60,280
Actuaries1.80.9$130,000
Plasterers and Stucco Masons1.80.9$57,660
Animal Trainers1.80.8$39,990

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