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Reading Comprehension

Needed by 739 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 739 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 13 of 16.

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 23.0 of 5 · 335
  • Zone 33.5 of 5 · 203
  • Zone 43.9 of 5 · 223
  • Zone 54.1 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.