Musicians

90%

Compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture.

49%

English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

46%

Curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.

41%

Understanding customer needs, providing good quality service, and measuring customer satisfaction.

37%

Media production, communication, and dissemination. Includes written, spoken, and visual media.

35%

Foreign (non-English) language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation.

34%

Events of the past, their causes, how we learn about them, and how they influence the way we live today.

32%

Human behaviour; differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; research methods; assessing and treating disorders.

32%

Circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

31%

Word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office work.

31%

Business principles involved in strategic planning, leadership, and coordinating people and resources.

31%

Arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics.

30%

Recruiting and training people, managing pay and other entitlements (like sick leave), and negotiating pay and conditions.

29%

Showing, promoting, and selling including marketing strategy, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.

28%

Philosophical systems and religions, including their basic principles, values, ethics, ways of thinking, customs, practices, and impact on society.

28%

Group behaviour and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins.

25%

Raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and ways of making and distributing goods.

22%

Diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and career counselling and guidance.

18%

Transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.

17%

Moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road.

70%

Tell the difference between sounds.

57%

Pay attention to a certain sound when there are other distracting sounds.

57%

Listen to and understand what people say.

57%

Use your arms and/or legs at the same time while sitting, standing, or lying down.

57%

Communicate by speaking.

54%

Pay attention to something without being distracted.

52%

Quickly move your hand to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.

52%

Put together small parts with your fingers.

52%

Come up with unusual or clever ideas, or creative ways to solve a problem.

52%

Order or arrange things in a pattern or sequence (e.g., numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).

50%

Keep your hand or arm steady.

50%

See details that are up-close (within a few feet).

46%

Come up with a number of ideas about a topic, even if the ideas aren't very good.

45%

Notice when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong, even if you can't solve the problem.

45%

Come up with different ways of grouping things.

45%

Use general rules to find answers or solve problems logically.

45%

See a pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) hidden in other distracting material.

45%

Use lots of detailed information to come up with answers or make general rules.

43%

Speak clearly so others can understand you.

43%

Identify and understand the speech of another person.

97%

Be very exact or highly accurate.

94%

Compete with others, or be aware of competitive pressures.

93%

Work with people in a group or team.

91%

Spend time using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls.

90%

Have contact with people by telephone, face-to-face, or any other way.

89%

Spend time sitting at work.

86%

Work physically close to other people.

85%

Work indoors with access to heating or cooling.

84%

Spend time making repetitive motions.

80%

Work to strict deadlines.

80%

Repeat the same tasks or activities (e.g., key entry) over and over, without stopping.

75%

Be exposed to noises and sounds that are distracting or uncomfortable.

73%

Use electronic mail.

71%

Talk with people face-to-face.

65%

Lead others to do work activities.

65%

Have freedom to make decision on your own.

63%

Work with customers or the public.

62%

Make decisions that have a large impact on other people.

60%

Frequently make decisions that impact other people.

60%

Have freedom to decide on tasks, priorities, and goals.