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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.
Occupations that list it
Essential first, then O*NET-rated by importance, then optional. 910 in all, page 4 of 16.
- Food Scientists and Technologists
- Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary
- Forensic Science Technicians
- Foresters
- Fuel Cell Engineers
- Fundraisers
- General and Operations Managers
- Geodetic Surveyors
- Geography Teachers, Postsecondary
- Government Property Inspectors and Investigators
- Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors
- Healthcare Social Workers
- Human Factors Engineers and Ergonomists
- Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping
- Human Resources Specialists
- Industrial Engineers
- Information Security Analysts
- Information Technology Project Managers
- Instructional Coordinators
- Insurance Sales Agents
- Interior Designers
- Investment Fund Managers
- Labor Relations Specialists
- Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
- Logistics Analysts
- Logistics Engineers
- Loss Prevention Managers
- Manufacturing Engineers
- Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists
- Marriage and Family Therapists
- Materials Engineers
- Materials Scientists
- Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary
- Mathematicians
- Medical and Health Services Managers
- Medical Dosimetrists
- Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
- Medical Transcriptionists
- Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners
- Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers
- Microsystems Engineers
- Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers
- Museum Technicians and Conservators
- Music Therapists
- Nanosystems Engineers
- Natural Sciences Managers
- Nuclear Engineers
- Nuclear Power Reactor Operators
- Nurse Midwives
- Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary
- Occupational Health and Safety Specialists
- Occupational Therapists
- Operations Research Analysts
- Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
- Orthoptists
- Orthotists and Prosthetists
- Penetration Testers
- Petroleum Engineers
- Pharmacists
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians
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.