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Which skills lead to jobs AI touches least? Every O*NET skill, ranked.

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The 30 skills O*NET rates for every job, sorted by how much AI and robots touch the jobs that rely on each one, least first. Across all jobs the average is 1h 33m of an 8-hour shift.

A job counts toward a skill when O*NET rates that skill 3.5 or higher out of 5 for it. For each skill, the note names the job that pays at least the group's middle wage and has the least AI or robot time. Open any skill for its official definition, the jobs that rely on it, and the skills that usually come with it.

  1. Repairing 40 jobs · 15m touched on average · good pay, least AI: Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers
  2. Troubleshooting 41 jobs · 21m touched on average · good pay, least AI: Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers
  3. Equipment Maintenance 25 jobs · 25m touched on average · good pay, least AI: Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers
  4. Quality Control Analysis 35 jobs · 47m touched on average · good pay, least AI: Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers
  5. Management of Personnel Resources 62 jobs · 1h 1m touched on average · good pay, least AI: Preventive Medicine Physicians
  6. Systems Evaluation 68 jobs · 1h 3m touched on average · good pay, least AI: Preventive Medicine Physicians
  7. Coordination 190 jobs · 1h 4m touched on average · good pay, least AI: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
  8. Service Orientation 162 jobs · 1h 13m touched on average · good pay, least AI: Hospitalists
  9. Systems Analysis 83 jobs · 1h 15m touched on average · good pay, least AI: Preventive Medicine Physicians
  10. Social Perceptiveness 233 jobs · 1h 16m touched on average · good pay, least AI: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
  11. Operations Analysis 17 jobs · 1h 18m touched on average · good pay, least AI: Nuclear Engineers
  12. Time Management 136 jobs · 1h 19m touched on average · good pay, least AI: Sports Medicine Physicians
  13. Negotiation 44 jobs · 1h 24m touched on average · good pay, least AI: Human Resources Managers
  14. Monitoring 304 jobs · 1h 28m touched on average · good pay, least AI: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
  15. Judgment and Decision Making 294 jobs · 1h 28m touched on average · good pay, least AI: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
  16. Critical Thinking 513 jobs · 1h 30m touched on average · good pay, least AI: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
  17. Persuasion 79 jobs · 1h 30m touched on average · good pay, least AI: Preventive Medicine Physicians
  18. Speaking 509 jobs · 1h 30m touched on average · good pay, least AI: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
  19. Reading Comprehension 491 jobs · 1h 33m touched on average · good pay, least AI: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
  20. Science 82 jobs · 1h 34m touched on average · good pay, least AI: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
  21. Active Listening 557 jobs · 1h 34m touched on average · good pay, least AI: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
  22. Complex Problem Solving 293 jobs · 1h 35m touched on average · good pay, least AI: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
  23. Writing 338 jobs · 1h 38m touched on average · good pay, least AI: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
  24. Mathematics 67 jobs · 1h 39m touched on average · good pay, least AI: Medical Dosimetrists
  25. Active Learning 251 jobs · 1h 46m touched on average · good pay, least AI: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
  26. Operations Monitoring 122 jobs · 1h 55m touched on average · good pay, least AI: Nuclear Engineers
  27. Instructing 111 jobs · 1h 57m touched on average · good pay, least AI: Preventive Medicine Physicians
  28. Learning Strategies 103 jobs · 2h 5m touched on average · good pay, least AI: Preventive Medicine Physicians
  29. Operation and Control 72 jobs · 2h 27m touched on average · good pay, least AI: Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians
  30. Programming 11 jobs · 3h 25m touched on average · good pay, least AI: Computer Network Architects