Troubleshooting Skills and Careers

Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.

910 occupations report this skill · Category: Transferable Skills · O*NET element 2.B.3.k

Occupations reporting Troubleshooting

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

OccupationImportanceLevelNational median wage
Packers and Packagers, Hand1.80.8$36,280
Recycling Coordinators1.81.1—
Sales Engineers1.81.5$124,900
Customs and Border Protection Officers1.80.9$76,210
Sustainability Specialists1.80.8$83,050
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers1.80.8$55,010
Landscape Architects1.81.0$79,870
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists1.81.4$81,390
Energy Engineers, Except Wind and Solar1.81.0$122,930
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians1.80.9$64,950
Surveying and Mapping Technicians1.81.1$54,240
Soil and Plant Scientists1.81.0$78,850
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists1.80.8$76,780
Baristas1.81.3$31,200
Foresters1.81.3$76,400
Waiters and Waitresses1.80.8$35,230
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists1.80.8$103,410
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners1.80.8$61,160
Gambling and Sports Book Writers and Runners1.80.8$34,980
Neuropsychologists1.81.1$110,840
Detectives and Criminal Investigators1.81.3$93,790
Social Science Research Assistants1.81.4$61,990
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers1.81.0$77,970
General and Operations Managers1.81.0$105,770
Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary1.80.9$98,700
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping1.81.4$46,380
Recreation and Fitness Studies Teachers, Postsecondary1.80.8$77,270
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education1.80.8$38,140
Desktop Publishers1.81.3$55,290
Pharmacy Aides1.80.9$37,680
Animal Trainers1.81.3$39,990
Teaching Assistants, Preschool, Elementary, Middle, and Secondary School, Except Special Education1.81.3—
Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary1.80.9$42,910
Medical Assistants1.81.4$45,690
Commercial and Industrial Designers1.80.9$83,910
Midwives1.81.0$65,790
Fashion Designers1.80.9$80,960
Residential Advisors1.80.9$42,240
Pharmacy Technicians1.80.8$45,750
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary1.80.9$105,870
Gambling Managers1.80.9$93,220
Pediatricians, General1.80.8$210,040
Clinical Nurse Specialists1.80.9$97,550
Neurologists1.81.4$248,560
General Internal Medicine Physicians1.80.9$256,560
Gambling Surveillance Officers and Gambling Investigators1.80.8$43,370
Retail Salespersons1.80.9$35,410
Funeral Home Managers1.80.9$78,790
Fitness and Wellness Coordinators1.81.1$69,770

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