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Stamina

Ability · O*NET work requirement

The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath.

In the O*NET occupational database, Stamina 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 71 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 Stamina

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
Dancers 4.3 4.6
Athletes and Sports Competitors 3.9 4.0
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors 3.9 4.0
Choreographers 3.8 3.8
Firefighters 3.6 3.9
Stonemasons 3.6 3.1
Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas 3.5 3.3
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse 3.5 3.0
Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers 3.5 3.3
Structural Iron and Steel Workers 3.5 3.1
Fallers 3.4 3.4
Reinforcing Iron and Rebar Workers 3.4 3.3
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers 3.3 2.9
Floor Sanders and Finishers 3.3 3.1
Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 3.3 3.0
Roofers 3.3 3.3
Tree Trimmers and Pruners 3.3 3.1
Waiters and Waitresses 3.3 2.8
Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders 3.1 2.6
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants 3.1 3.0
Carpet Installers 3.1 3.0
Commercial Divers 3.1 3.1
Construction Laborers 3.1 3.1
Correctional Officers and Jailers 3.1 3.1
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers 3.1 2.9
Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers 3.1 3.1
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 3.1 3.1
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 3.1 2.5
Fence Erectors 3.1 3.1
Forest and Conservation Workers 3.1 3.1
Helpers--Extraction Workers 3.1 3.0
Highway Maintenance Workers 3.1 3.1
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand 3.1 3.1
Light Truck Drivers 3.1 2.6
Massage Therapists 3.1 3.1
Plasterers and Stucco Masons 3.1 3.0
Rock Splitters, Quarry 3.1 3.4
Roof Bolters, Mining 3.1 3.1
Roustabouts, Oil and Gas 3.1 3.0
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood 3.1 3.0

Showing the top 40 of 71 occupations where this is important.

How AI is used by roles that need Stamina

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). 36.6% of the 71 roles where this is important carry observed AI-usage data (26 roles).

Across those roles, 44.1% of AI conversations are people working with AI and 23.9% hand a task to AI , with an average autonomy of 3.53 / 5.

Collaboration pattern Share What it means
learning 26.8% you ask AI to explain or teach
directive 22.9% AI does it; you give the instruction
task iteration 17.1% you and AI go back and forth
feedback loop 1.1% AI does it, then adjusts from your feedback
validation 0.2% 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 3.1 52.7% 3.0/5
Choreographers 3.8 54.5% 4.0/5
Adapted Physical Education Specialists 3.0 55.1% 3.0/5
Waiters and Waitresses 3.3 42.9% 3.5/5
Massage Therapists 3.1 66.7% 4.0/5
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors 3.9 77.0% 4.0/5
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants 3.1 22.3% 3.0/5
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers 3.0 54.7% 3.0/5
Baggage Porters and Bellhops 3.0 54.1% 3.0/5
Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers 3.1 55.1% 3.0/5
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers 3.3 58.2% 4.0/5
Helpers--Production Workers 3.0 2.0/5

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 Stamina matters most across the economy. Employment reach is the share of an industry's workers in occupations that significantly rely on Stamina (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 6.7% of workers are in occupations that significantly rely on Stamina (measured across 62 industries).

Sectors with the most such workers

Sector Workers Employment reach
Accommodation and Food Services 3,058,510 21.5%
Construction 1,736,120 21.4%
Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services 1,006,880 11.1%
Transportation and Warehousing 586,150 7.9%
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation 518,800 19.6%
Manufacturing 514,080 4.0%
Retail Trade 460,910 3.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration) 420,980 9.5%
Health Care and Social Assistance 389,510 1.7%
Wholesale Trade 272,220 4.5%
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting 205,510 48.5%
Educational Services 148,230 1.1%

Industries where it is most concentrated

Industry Level Concentration Employment reach
Masonry Contractors National industry 10.48× 70.2%
Landscaping Services National industry 10.34× 69.3%
Poured Concrete Foundation and Structure Contractors National industry 8.4× 56.3%
Roofing Contractors National industry 8.21× 55.0%
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting Sector 7.24× 48.5%
Drywall and Insulation Contractors National industry 7.16× 48.0%
Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers National industry 5.73× 38.4%
Full-Service Restaurants National industry 5.7× 38.2%
Power and Communication Line and Related Structures Construction National industry 5.07× 34.0%
Accommodation and Food Services Sector 3.21× 21.5%
Construction Sector 3.19× 21.4%
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation Sector 2.93× 19.6%

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
Dynamic Strength Ability 33
Extent Flexibility Ability 60
Static Strength Ability 64
Gross Body Equilibrium Ability 32
Gross Body Coordination Ability 25
Trunk Strength Ability 70
Multilimb Coordination Ability 65
Depth Perception Ability 31
Reaction Time Ability 33
Building and Construction Knowledge 28
Manual Dexterity Ability 64
Rate Control Ability 24

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. "Stamina." 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/stamina

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Singulariki. (2026). Stamina. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/abilities/stamina

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  title  = {Stamina},
  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/stamina}
}

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