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Needed by 588 occupations in O*NET. O*NET rates it for 910 occupations and it counts as needed where rated 3 (important) or more of 5.

Important (3+) in 588 O*NET occupations

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Occupations that list it

Essential first, then O*NET-rated by importance, then optional. 910 in all, page 2 of 16.

Advanced Practice Psychiatric NursesImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 5
Aerospace EngineersImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 4
AnesthesiologistsImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 5
Animal ScientistsImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 5
Anthropologists and ArcheologistsImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 5
Arbitrators, Mediators, and ConciliatorsImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 5
Architectural and Engineering ManagersImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 5
Architecture Teachers, PostsecondaryImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 5
Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, PostsecondaryImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 5
Bioinformatics ScientistsImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 5
BiologistsImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 5
Business Intelligence AnalystsImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 4
Business Teachers, PostsecondaryImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 5
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle SchoolImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 4
Career/Technical Education Teachers, PostsecondaryImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 3
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary SchoolImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 4
Chemical EngineersImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 4
Clinical and Counseling PsychologistsImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 5
Coaches and ScoutsImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 4
Community Health WorkersImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 4
Computer Science Teachers, PostsecondaryImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 5
Construction ManagersImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 4
Critical Care NursesImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 4
Directors, Religious Activities and EducationImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 4
Education Administrators, PostsecondaryImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 5
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and DaycareImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 4
Electrical EngineersImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 4
English Language and Literature Teachers, PostsecondaryImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 5
Environmental EconomistsImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 5
Environmental Science Teachers, PostsecondaryImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 5
Fire-Prevention and Protection EngineersImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 4
First-Line Supervisors of Police and DetectivesImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 2
Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, PostsecondaryImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 5
Fraud Examiners, Investigators and AnalystsImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 4
General Internal Medicine PhysiciansImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 5
Geography Teachers, PostsecondaryImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 5
Health Education SpecialistsImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 4
History Teachers, PostsecondaryImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 5
Industrial-Organizational PsychologistsImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 5
Instructional CoordinatorsImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 5
Marketing ManagersImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 4
Marriage and Family TherapistsImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 5
Media Programming DirectorsImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 4
Medical and Health Services ManagersImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 4
MicrobiologistsImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 4
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical EducationImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 4
Molecular and Cellular BiologistsImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 5
Nanosystems EngineersImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 5
NeuropsychologistsImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 5
Nuclear EngineersImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 4
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, PostsecondaryImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 5
Occupational TherapistsImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 5
Operations Research AnalystsImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 5
Physician AssistantsImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 5
Police and Sheriff's Patrol OfficersImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 3
PsychiatristsImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 5
Psychology Teachers, PostsecondaryImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 5
Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm ProductsImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 4
RadiologistsImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 5
School PsychologistsImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 5

ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to an occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role. O*NET importance says how much a skill matters in an occupation, from 1 to 5; it is not a proficiency level.

Often appears with

Skills most often needed alongside it, with how many occupations need both.

Importance by Job Zone

Mean O*NET importance across the occupations rated at each Job Zone.

Zone 22.6 of 5 · 335
Zone 33.1 of 5 · 203
Zone 43.5 of 5 · 223
Zone 53.8 of 5 · 149

Where it shows up

O*NET occupations that rate it important (3 or more), by occupation group.

This page includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license; O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. ESCO occupations and skills are from the European Commission's ESCO classification, and the occupation crosswalk is the official ESCO–O*NET mapping by the ESCO Secretariat with USDOL/ETA. This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission. BlissPoint Analytics has modified all or some of this information: skill, task and descriptor ratings are rounded to one decimal, and ESCO occupations show Job Zone and interests copied from a crosswalked O*NET occupation. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications.