Rate Control
Ability · O*NET work requirement
The ability to time your movements or the movement of a piece of equipment in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene.
In the O*NET occupational database, Rate Control 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 95 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 Rate Control
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 95 occupations where this is important.
How AI is used by roles that need Rate Control
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). 20.0% of the 95 roles where this is important carry observed AI-usage data (19 roles).
Across those roles, 29.1% of AI conversations are people working with AI and 43.9% hand a task to AI , with an average autonomy of 3.54 / 5.
| Collaboration pattern | Share | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| directive | 37.8% | AI does it; you give the instruction |
| learning | 19.6% | you ask AI to explain or teach |
| task iteration | 9.4% | you and AI go back and forth |
| feedback loop | 6.1% | AI does it, then adjusts from your feedback |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders | 3.0 | 27.2% | 4.0/5 |
| Subway and Streetcar Operators | 3.8 | 51.9% | 3.0/5 |
| Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders | 3.1 | 23.7% | 3.0/5 |
| Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic | 3.0 | 18.6% | 3.0/5 |
| Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers | 3.0 | 58.2% | 4.0/5 |
| Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers | 3.9 | 38.1% | 4.0/5 |
| Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers | 3.0 | 32.2% | 4.0/5 |
| Machinists | 3.1 | 25.4% | 3.0/5 |
| Construction Laborers | 3.0 | — | — |
| Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines | 3.1 | 36.2% | 4.0/5 |
| Conveyor Operators and Tenders | 3.0 | — | 4.0/5 |
| Structural Iron and Steel Workers | 3.5 | — | — |
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 Rate Control matters most across the economy. Employment reach is the share of an industry's workers in occupations that significantly rely on Rate Control (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 8.3% of workers are in occupations that significantly rely on Rate Control (measured across 60 industries).
Sectors with the most such workers
| Sector | Workers | Employment reach |
|---|---|---|
| Transportation and Warehousing | 3,201,120 | 43.3% |
| Manufacturing | 3,000,460 | 23.5% |
| Construction | 1,866,970 | 23.0% |
| Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services | 994,240 | 11.0% |
| Wholesale Trade | 986,500 | 16.3% |
| Retail Trade | 505,760 | 3.2% |
| Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting | 276,030 | 65.2% |
| Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction | 262,350 | 45.7% |
| Educational Services | 233,760 | 1.7% |
| Real Estate and Rental and Leasing | 114,340 | 4.8% |
| Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 104,140 | 1.0% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 98,670 | 0.4% |
Industries where it is most concentrated
| Industry | Level | Concentration | Employment reach |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting | Sector | 7.86× | 65.2% |
| Poured Concrete Foundation and Structure Contractors | National industry | 7.51× | 62.3% |
| Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction | Sector | 5.51× | 45.7% |
| Machine Shops | National industry | 5.48× | 45.5% |
| Power and Communication Line and Related Structures Construction | National industry | 5.23× | 43.4% |
| Transportation and Warehousing | Sector | 5.22× | 43.3% |
| Masonry Contractors | National industry | 3.42× | 28.4% |
| Temporary Help Services | National industry | 2.86× | 23.7% |
| Manufacturing | Sector | 2.83× | 23.5% |
| Construction | Sector | 2.77× | 23.0% |
| Wholesale Trade | Sector | 1.96× | 16.3% |
| Other Building Equipment Contractors | National industry | 1.96× | 16.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Reaction Time | Ability | 90 |
| Auditory Attention | Ability | 65 |
| Depth Perception | Ability | 56 |
| Operation and Control | Cross-functional skill | 89 |
| Response Orientation | Ability | 42 |
| Multilimb Coordination | Ability | 89 |
| Hearing Sensitivity | Ability | 41 |
| Operations Monitoring | Cross-functional skill | 92 |
| Control Precision | Ability | 94 |
| Troubleshooting | Cross-functional skill | 50 |
| Static Strength | Ability | 56 |
| Manual Dexterity | Ability | 92 |
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. "Rate Control." 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/rate-control
Singulariki. (2026). Rate Control. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/abilities/rate-control
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