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Gross Body Equilibrium

Ability · O*NET work requirement

The ability to keep or regain your body balance or stay upright when in an unstable position.

In the O*NET occupational database, Gross Body Equilibrium is an ability that work requires. O*NET rates how important it is (1–5) and what level of it a job needs (0–7) for every U.S. occupation. It is rated as important (3 or higher) in 53 of 894 occupations.

Breadth here means how widely O*NET rates this ability as important across occupations — not that it is rare, high-paying, or currently in employer demand.

Occupations that rely most on Gross Body Equilibrium

Ranked by O*NET importance to the occupation (1–5). Bars are sized against the 1–5 scale; the level column is what depth of the ability the job needs (0–7).

Occupation Importance Score Level
Choreographers 4.0 4.4
Dancers 4.0 4.9
Roofers 4.0 4.0
Structural Iron and Steel Workers 3.8 3.9
Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers 3.5 3.3
Helpers--Roofers 3.5 4.0
Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas 3.4 3.4
Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons 3.4 3.0
Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall 3.4 3.0
Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers 3.4 3.1
Athletes and Sports Competitors 3.3 3.1
Paperhangers 3.3 2.9
Plasterers and Stucco Masons 3.3 2.9
Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons 3.3 2.9
Tree Trimmers and Pruners 3.3 3.1
Hoist and Winch Operators 3.1 2.5
Brickmasons and Blockmasons 3.1 3.0
Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels 3.1 2.8
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 3.1 3.0
Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers 3.1 3.0
Insulation Workers, Mechanical 3.1 2.9
Roof Bolters, Mining 3.1 3.0
Sailors and Marine Oilers 3.1 3.1
Stonemasons 3.1 2.6
Wind Turbine Service Technicians 3.1 3.0
Commercial Divers 3.0 2.9
Electricians 3.0 3.0
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors 3.0 3.0
Fallers 3.0 3.0
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse 3.0 2.6
Firefighters 3.0 3.1
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers 3.0 3.0
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers 3.0 2.8
Flight Attendants 3.0 3.1
Glaziers 3.0 3.0
Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters 3.0 3.0
Helpers--Electricians 3.0 3.0
Helpers--Extraction Workers 3.0 3.0
Hydroelectric Plant Technicians 3.0 2.8
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General 3.0 2.4

Showing the top 40 of 53 occupations where this is important.

How AI is used by roles that need Gross Body Equilibrium

This ability is not itself "being automated" — but we can look at the roles for which O*NET rates it important and ask how those people actually use AI. This rolls the Anthropic Economic Index per-role signal up across those roles (importance-weighted). 30.2% of the 53 roles where this is important carry observed AI-usage data (16 roles).

Across those roles, 37.0% of AI conversations are people working with AI and 24.2% hand a task to AI , with an average autonomy of 3.78 / 5.

Collaboration pattern Share What it means
learning 23.8% you ask AI to explain or teach
directive 15.7% AI does it; you give the instruction
task iteration 11.8% you and AI go back and forth
feedback loop 8.5% AI does it, then adjusts from your feedback
validation 1.3% you do it; AI checks your work

Roles behind this signal

The roles where this ability is most important and that also have the most AEI data. "Works with AI" is the role's share of conversations that augment rather than automate.

Occupation Importance Works with AI Autonomy
Choreographers 4.0 54.5% 4.0/5
Solar Photovoltaic Installers 3.0 47.2% 4.0/5
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers 3.0 23.4% 4.0/5
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors 3.0 77.0% 4.0/5
Electricians 3.0 34.3% 3.8/5
Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers 3.5 55.1% 3.0/5
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General 3.0 40.7% 4.0/5
Flight Attendants 3.0 44.0% 3.0/5
Athletes and Sports Competitors 3.3 4.0/5
Roofers 4.0 4.0/5
Painters, Construction and Maintenance 3.0
Structural Iron and Steel Workers 3.8

Source: Anthropic Economic Index (2026-01-15-v4-plus-2025-03-27-v2) over a sample of Claude.ai Free and Pro conversations — not all AI tools and not the whole workforce. Shares are of observed conversations, weighted by how important this ability is to each role; some conversations are left unclassified by Anthropic's taxonomy, so shares need not sum to 100.

Industries that concentrate this

Where Gross Body Equilibrium matters most across the economy. Employment reach is the share of an industry's workers in occupations that significantly rely on Gross Body Equilibrium (O*NET importance ≥ 3 of 5). Concentration compares that reach to the national average industry, so a value above 1× means the requirement is more pervasive here than across the economy as a whole.

Nationally, about 3.0% of workers are in occupations that significantly rely on Gross Body Equilibrium (measured across 65 industries).

Sectors with the most such workers

Sector Workers Employment reach
Construction 1,508,450 18.6%
Manufacturing 355,800 2.8%
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing 325,740 13.8%
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation 287,320 10.9%
Transportation and Warehousing 268,010 3.6%
Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services 224,000 2.5%
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting 202,500 47.8%
Health Care and Social Assistance 196,880 0.9%
Educational Services 159,480 1.2%
Accommodation and Food Services 144,890 1.0%
Information 118,620 4.1%
Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction 114,900 20.0%

Industries where it is most concentrated

Industry Level Concentration Employment reach
Painting and Wall Covering Contractors National industry 23.73× 71.2%
Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors National industry 19.4× 58.2%
Roofing Contractors National industry 17.2× 51.6%
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting Sector 15.93× 47.8%
Drywall and Insulation Contractors National industry 15.8× 47.4%
Masonry Contractors National industry 14.73× 44.2%
Other Building Equipment Contractors National industry 13.6× 40.8%
Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers National industry 11.1× 33.3%
Power and Communication Line and Related Structures Construction National industry 7.73× 23.2%
Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction Sector 6.67× 20.0%
Construction Sector 6.2× 18.6%
Utilities Sector 5.1× 15.3%

Reach is a measure of how widespread a requirement is across an industry's workforce, not how intensively any individual uses it. Sector worker counts come from BLS OEWS employment; the significance threshold and tool use come from O*NET. Industries shown by concentration are filtered to a real worker base so a tiny specialty cannot top the list on rounding.

Capabilities required by many of the same occupations — a measure of which skills, knowledge and abilities tend to travel together, not a judgment of similarity.

Capability Type Shared occupations
Gross Body Coordination Ability 26
Stamina Ability 32
Extent Flexibility Ability 52
Dynamic Strength Ability 21
Static Strength Ability 42
Building and Construction Knowledge 31
Trunk Strength Ability 52
Multilimb Coordination Ability 50
Depth Perception Ability 23
Repairing Cross-functional skill 19
Reaction Time Ability 25
Mechanical Knowledge 39

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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Singulariki. "Gross Body Equilibrium." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; Census NAICS 2022; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27). Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/abilities/gross-body-equilibrium

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Singulariki. (2026). Gross Body Equilibrium. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/abilities/gross-body-equilibrium

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  title  = {Gross Body Equilibrium},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; Census NAICS 2022; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27). Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/abilities/gross-body-equilibrium}
}

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