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Reading Comprehension at work

491 jobs lean on it. O*NET rates it most important for editors.

Time card for editors: 1h 57m of an 8-hour shift touched by AI or robotsTime card: Editors →

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O*NET defines reading comprehension as: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.

491 jobs on this site rate it as important or very important. In those jobs, AI and robots touch an average of 1h 33m 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 reading comprehension, pay at least the $83,050 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 491 jobs, 74 have no AI or robot evidence, 157 have under an hour, 164 have 1 to 3 hours and 96 have 3 hours or more.

Skills that usually come with it

Jobs that rely on reading comprehension most often also rely on active listening (95%), critical thinking (89%), speaking (88%), writing (68%), complex problem solving (58%).

Jobs that rely on it most

  1. Editors 1h 57m touched · $77,920
  2. Clinical and Counseling Psychologists 19m touched · $100,580
  3. English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary 4h 6m touched · $78,760
  4. Anthropology and Archeology Teachers, Postsecondary 4h 46m touched · $99,650
  5. Historians 12m touched · $76,750
  6. Lawyers 1h 36m touched · $159,670
  7. Allergists and Immunologists 3h 15m touched · $265,930
  8. Sports Medicine Physicians no AI or robot evidence · $265,930
  9. Kindergarten through Secondary Education Administrators 22m touched · $105,870
  10. Neuropsychologists 59m touched · $110,840
  11. Judicial Law Clerks 2h 14m touched · $64,920
  12. Health Informatics Specialists 1h 37m touched · $105,850
  13. Urologists 1h 17m touched · $265,930
  14. Preventive Medicine Physicians no AI or robot evidence · $265,930
  15. Molecular and Cellular Biologists 21m touched · $98,920
  16. Biochemists and Biophysicists 43m touched · $127,410
  17. Industrial-Organizational Psychologists 1h 51m touched · $193,950
  18. Human Resources Managers no AI or robot evidence · $149,280
  19. Intelligence Analysts 49m touched · $93,790
  20. Family Medicine Physicians 2h 33m touched · $244,180
  21. Climate Change Policy Analysts no AI or robot evidence · $82,220
  22. School Psychologists 23m touched · $95,990
  23. Postsecondary Education Teachers 3h 6m touched · $75,350
  24. Geneticists 3h 36m touched · $98,920
  25. Poets, Lyricists and Creative Writers 2h 5m touched · $76,910

And 466 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.