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Critical Thinking
Needed by 809 occupations in O*NET. O*NET rates it for 910 occupations and it counts as needed where rated 3 (important) or more of 5.
Occupations that list it
Essential first, then O*NET-rated by importance, then optional. 910 in all, page 2 of 16.
- Mathematicians
- Media Programming Directors
- Medical and Health Services Managers
- Medical Dosimetrists
- Molecular and Cellular Biologists
- Naturopathic Physicians
- Neurologists
- News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists
- Nuclear Engineers
- Nurse Anesthetists
- Nurse Midwives
- Nurse Practitioners
- Optometrists
- Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians
- Physician Assistants
- Physicians, Pathologists
- Radiologists
- School Psychologists
- Speech-Language Pathologists
- Actuaries
- Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses
- Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary
- Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians
- Animal Scientists
- Anthropology and Archeology Teachers, Postsecondary
- Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators
- Atmospheric and Space Scientists
- Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary
- Audiologists
- Aviation Inspectors
- Bioinformatics Scientists
- Biologists
- Biomass Power Plant Managers
- Biostatisticians
- Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists and Site Managers
- Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School
- Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School
- Chemical Technicians
- Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary
- Chemists
- Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators
- Climate Change Policy Analysts
- Clinical Data Managers
- Clinical Nurse Specialists
- Coaches and Scouts
- Commercial Pilots
- Community Health Workers
- Compliance Managers
- Computer and Information Research Scientists
- Computer Hardware Engineers
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects
- Construction Managers
- Critical Care Nurses
- Customs and Border Protection Officers
- Dietitians and Nutritionists
- Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare
- Electrical Engineers
- Electronics Engineers, Except Computer
- Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education
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.
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.