Abilities

Discover the cognitive and physical abilities that drive job performance across different occupations. From problem-solving skills to manual dexterity, understanding which abilities are valued in your field can help you identify career opportunities and assess how AI might impact roles that rely on specific human capabilities. Explore which jobs require particular abilities and their automation risk levels.

AbilityActions
Arm-Hand SteadinessSee Occupations That Use Arm-Hand Steadiness
Auditory AttentionSee Occupations That Use Auditory Attention
Category FlexibilitySee Occupations That Use Category Flexibility
Control PrecisionSee Occupations That Use Control Precision
Deductive ReasoningSee Occupations That Use Deductive Reasoning
Depth PerceptionSee Occupations That Use Depth Perception
Dynamic FlexibilitySee Occupations That Use Dynamic Flexibility
Dynamic StrengthSee Occupations That Use Dynamic Strength
Explosive StrengthSee Occupations That Use Explosive Strength
Extent FlexibilitySee Occupations That Use Extent Flexibility
Far VisionSee Occupations That Use Far Vision
Finger DexteritySee Occupations That Use Finger Dexterity
Flexibility of ClosureSee Occupations That Use Flexibility of Closure
Fluency of IdeasSee Occupations That Use Fluency of Ideas
Glare SensitivitySee Occupations That Use Glare Sensitivity
Gross Body CoordinationSee Occupations That Use Gross Body Coordination
Gross Body EquilibriumSee Occupations That Use Gross Body Equilibrium
Hearing SensitivitySee Occupations That Use Hearing Sensitivity
Inductive ReasoningSee Occupations That Use Inductive Reasoning
Information OrderingSee Occupations That Use Information Ordering
Manual DexteritySee Occupations That Use Manual Dexterity
Mathematical ReasoningSee Occupations That Use Mathematical Reasoning
MemorizationSee Occupations That Use Memorization
Multilimb CoordinationSee Occupations That Use Multilimb Coordination
Near VisionSee Occupations That Use Near Vision
Night VisionSee Occupations That Use Night Vision
Number FacilitySee Occupations That Use Number Facility
Oral ComprehensionSee Occupations That Use Oral Comprehension
Oral ExpressionSee Occupations That Use Oral Expression
OriginalitySee Occupations That Use Originality
Perceptual SpeedSee Occupations That Use Perceptual Speed
Peripheral VisionSee Occupations That Use Peripheral Vision
Problem SensitivitySee Occupations That Use Problem Sensitivity
Rate ControlSee Occupations That Use Rate Control
Reaction TimeSee Occupations That Use Reaction Time
Response OrientationSee Occupations That Use Response Orientation
Selective AttentionSee Occupations That Use Selective Attention
Sound LocalizationSee Occupations That Use Sound Localization
Spatial OrientationSee Occupations That Use Spatial Orientation
Speech ClaritySee Occupations That Use Speech Clarity
Speech RecognitionSee Occupations That Use Speech Recognition
Speed of ClosureSee Occupations That Use Speed of Closure
Speed of Limb MovementSee Occupations That Use Speed of Limb Movement
StaminaSee Occupations That Use Stamina
Static StrengthSee Occupations That Use Static Strength
Time SharingSee Occupations That Use Time Sharing
Trunk StrengthSee Occupations That Use Trunk Strength
Visual Color DiscriminationSee Occupations That Use Visual Color Discrimination
VisualizationSee Occupations That Use Visualization
Wrist-Finger SpeedSee Occupations That Use Wrist-Finger Speed
Written ComprehensionSee Occupations That Use Written Comprehension
Written ExpressionSee Occupations That Use Written Expression