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Active Listening at work

557 jobs lean on it. O*NET rates it most important for mental health counselors.

Time card for mental health counselors: 19m of an 8-hour shift touched by AI or robotsTime card: Mental Health Counselors →

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O*NET defines active listening as: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.

557 jobs on this site rate it as important or very important. In those jobs, AI and robots touch an average of 1h 34m of an 8-hour shift, about the same as the 1h 33m average across all jobs.

Good pay, least AI time

Jobs that lean on active listening, pay at least the $79,940 median for this group, and have the least AI or robot time.

  1. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons no AI or robot evidence · $352,220
  2. Prosthodontists no AI or robot evidence · $311,180
  3. Sports Medicine Physicians no AI or robot evidence · $265,930
  4. Preventive Medicine Physicians no AI or robot evidence · $265,930
  5. Hospitalists no AI or robot evidence · $265,930
  6. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians no AI or robot evidence · $265,930
  7. Nurse Anesthetists no AI or robot evidence · $236,590
  8. Chief Sustainability Officers no AI or robot evidence · $213,990
  9. Podiatrists no AI or robot evidence · $160,300
  10. Human Resources Managers no AI or robot evidence · $149,280

How much AI touches these jobs

Of the 557 jobs, 83 have no AI or robot evidence, 180 have under an hour, 183 have 1 to 3 hours and 111 have 3 hours or more.

Skills that usually come with it

Jobs that rely on active listening most often also rely on speaking (88%), reading comprehension (83%), critical thinking (83%), writing (60%), judgment and decision making (52%).

Jobs that rely on it most

  1. Mental Health Counselors 19m touched · $60,320
  2. Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates 2h 31m touched · $153,990
  3. Child, Family, and School Social Workers no AI or robot evidence · $59,550
  4. Marriage and Family Therapists no AI or robot evidence · $66,940
  5. Kindergarten through Secondary Education Administrators 22m touched · $105,870
  6. Psychiatrists 1h 23m touched · $281,870
  7. Lawyers 1h 36m touched · $159,670
  8. Neuropsychologists 59m touched · $110,840
  9. Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses 37m touched · $97,550
  10. Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors 2h 9m touched · $64,330
  11. Sports Medicine Physicians no AI or robot evidence · $265,930
  12. Human Resources Managers no AI or robot evidence · $149,280
  13. Producers and Directors 1h 40m touched · $90,360
  14. Detectives and Criminal Investigators 1h 3m touched · $93,790
  15. Public Safety Telecommunicators 22m touched · $53,040
  16. Labor Relations Specialists no AI or robot evidence · $95,420
  17. School Psychologists 23m touched · $95,990
  18. Emergency Medicine Physicians 46m touched · $335,550
  19. Air Traffic Controllers no AI or robot evidence · $148,080
  20. Clinical Neuropsychologists 1h 1m touched · $110,840
  21. Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators 3h 3m touched · $75,530
  22. Farm and Home Management Educators 13m touched · $60,220
  23. Anthropology and Archeology Teachers, Postsecondary 4h 46m touched · $99,650
  24. Industrial-Organizational Psychologists 1h 51m touched · $193,950
  25. Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors 12m touched · $60,320

And 532 more. Use the finder to filter by pay, school and state.

Importance ratings come from O*NET 30.1, on a 1 to 5 scale; this page counts a job when the rating is 3.5 or higher. Time touched comes from each job's time card (how we keep time). See every skill or search by task.