Multilimb Coordination
Ability · O*NET work requirement
The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion.
In the O*NET occupational database, Multilimb Coordination 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 250 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 Multilimb Coordination
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).
Showing the top 40 of 250 occupations where this is important.
How AI is used by roles that need Multilimb Coordination
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). 34.0% of the 250 roles where this is important carry observed AI-usage data (85 roles).
Across those roles, 32.0% of AI conversations are people working with AI and 30.9% hand a task to AI , with an average autonomy of 3.47 / 5.
| Collaboration pattern | Share | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| directive | 24.6% | AI does it; you give the instruction |
| learning | 20.7% | you ask AI to explain or teach |
| task iteration | 11.0% | you and AI go back and forth |
| feedback loop | 6.3% | AI does it, then adjusts from your feedback |
| validation | 0.3% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Correctional Officers and Jailers | 3.0 | 52.7% | 3.0/5 |
| Choreographers | 3.6 | 54.5% | 4.0/5 |
| Craft Artists | 3.1 | 42.4% | 4.0/5 |
| Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders | 3.5 | 27.2% | 4.0/5 |
| Industrial Machinery Mechanics | 3.6 | 22.8% | 4.0/5 |
| Dentists, General | 3.6 | 77.1% | 3.0/5 |
| Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders | 3.1 | 27.2% | 4.0/5 |
| Patternmakers, Wood | 3.1 | 30.1% | 2.5/5 |
| Athletic Trainers | 3.1 | 56.4% | 4.0/5 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers | 3.0 | 18.5% | 3.0/5 |
| Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers | 3.0 | 54.2% | 3.5/5 |
| Adapted Physical Education Specialists | 3.0 | 55.1% | 3.0/5 |
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 Multilimb Coordination matters most across the economy. Employment reach is the share of an industry's workers in occupations that significantly rely on Multilimb Coordination (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 19.5% of workers are in occupations that significantly rely on Multilimb Coordination (measured across 67 industries).
Sectors with the most such workers
| Sector | Workers | Employment reach |
|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing | 4,818,460 | 37.8% |
| Transportation and Warehousing | 4,686,540 | 63.4% |
| Construction | 4,581,820 | 56.4% |
| Retail Trade | 3,626,270 | 23.3% |
| Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services | 2,518,460 | 27.9% |
| Wholesale Trade | 1,864,610 | 30.9% |
| Other Services (except Public Administration) | 1,203,380 | 27.2% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 1,138,000 | 4.9% |
| Real Estate and Rental and Leasing | 585,380 | 24.7% |
| Educational Services | 566,800 | 4.2% |
| Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation | 508,760 | 19.3% |
| Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 388,640 | 3.6% |
Industries where it is most concentrated
| Industry | Level | Concentration | Employment reach |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landscaping Services | National industry | 4.27× | 83.3% |
| Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting | Sector | 3.98× | 77.7% |
| Masonry Contractors | National industry | 3.91× | 76.3% |
| Painting and Wall Covering Contractors | National industry | 3.88× | 75.6% |
| Poured Concrete Foundation and Structure Contractors | National industry | 3.73× | 72.8% |
| Drywall and Insulation Contractors | National industry | 3.7× | 72.2% |
| Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors | National industry | 3.36× | 65.6% |
| Transportation and Warehousing | Sector | 3.25× | 63.4% |
| Roofing Contractors | National industry | 3.14× | 61.3% |
| Power and Communication Line and Related Structures Construction | National industry | 3.02× | 58.8% |
| Other Building Equipment Contractors | National industry | 3.01× | 58.7% |
| Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction | Sector | 2.99× | 58.3% |
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.
Related abilities, skills & knowledge
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Trunk Strength | Ability | 187 |
| Manual Dexterity | Ability | 237 |
| Control Precision | Ability | 217 |
| Arm-Hand Steadiness | Ability | 237 |
| Static Strength | Ability | 152 |
| Finger Dexterity | Ability | 211 |
| Operation and Control | Cross-functional skill | 158 |
| Extent Flexibility | Ability | 139 |
| Reaction Time | Ability | 129 |
| Operations Monitoring | Cross-functional skill | 173 |
| Mechanical | Knowledge | 162 |
| Visualization | Ability | 181 |
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.
- O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
- BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Census NAICS 2022 U.S. Census Bureau
- Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.
Cite this page
Singulariki. "Multilimb Coordination." 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/multilimb-coordination
Singulariki. (2026). Multilimb Coordination. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/abilities/multilimb-coordination
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