Time Management Skills and Careers

Managing one's own time and the time of others.

910 occupations report this skill · Category: Transferable Skills · O*NET element 2.B.5.a

Occupations reporting Time Management

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

OccupationImportanceLevelNational median wage
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School3.63.5$66,270
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives3.53.9$106,040
Training and Development Managers3.53.9$133,000
Medical Dosimetrists3.53.5$147,470
Security Managers3.53.8$106,660
Railroad Conductors and Yardmasters3.53.5$78,000
Preventive Medicine Physicians3.53.9$265,930
Hoist and Winch Operators3.52.8$56,450
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten3.53.3
Sports Medicine Physicians3.53.6$265,930
Radiologists3.53.6$420,860
Manufacturing Engineers3.53.9$102,440
School Psychologists3.53.5$95,990
Fundraising Managers3.53.4$125,470
Financial Examiners3.53.8$94,160
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks3.53.0$49,230
Air Traffic Controllers3.53.5$148,080
Biofuels Production Managers3.53.8$126,060
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers3.53.5$59,320
Acute Care Nurses3.53.4$97,550
Clinical Research Coordinators3.53.6$167,220
Quality Control Systems Managers3.53.8$126,060
Foresters3.53.9$76,400
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive3.53.0$47,540
Occupational Therapy Assistants3.52.9$72,300
Food Service Managers3.53.9$69,390
Project Management Specialists3.53.6$102,320
Treasurers and Controllers3.53.8$166,570
Sales Engineers3.53.1$124,900
Insurance Sales Agents3.53.0$62,280
Brokerage Clerks3.53.1$65,750
Microsystems Engineers3.53.6$122,930
Nannies3.53.0$34,980
Landscape Architects3.53.8$79,870
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services3.53.4$48,560
First-Line Supervisors of Gambling Services Workers3.53.4$63,820
Marine Engineers and Naval Architects3.53.8$112,230
Education Teachers, Postsecondary3.53.5$75,350
Nuclear Engineers3.53.9$133,970
Media Technical Directors/Managers3.53.8$90,360
Pest Control Workers3.53.0$45,250
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks3.53.5$59,650
Blockchain Engineers3.43.1$116,580
Farm and Home Management Educators3.43.3$60,220
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists3.43.4
Video Game Designers3.43.5$104,000
Clinical Neuropsychologists3.43.5$110,840
Wind Energy Development Managers3.43.6$141,900
Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists and Site Managers3.43.5$141,900

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