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Coaching and Developing Others

Work activity group · O*NET

Coaching and Developing Others is one of the 41 Generalized Work Activities at the top of O*NET's work-activity hierarchy — the broadest description of what people do on the job, sitting above the more specific intermediate and detailed work activities. Across the 894 occupations O*NET rates on it, it scores an average importance of 3.07 of 5 — 45th percentile among all activity groups.

Intermediate activities it contains

The intermediate work activities O*NET groups under Coaching and Developing Others, ranked by how many occupations perform each. Each links to its own page.

Intermediate activity Occupations AI applied
Coach others 5 92nd pct

How AI is applied to this activity group

Microsoft's "Working with AI" study measured how often an AI assistant performs each work activity in real Bing Copilot conversations. Averaged across the 1 intermediate activities under Coaching and Developing Others that the study measured, this group ranks in the 92nd percentile for how frequently AI is applied — a description of how AI is used today, not a forecast that the activity will be automated.

The figure is the mean of the child activities' applied-percentiles; open any activity above to see its underlying Microsoft measurements. Every occupation blends many activities, so a high AI-applied rank for one group does not mean a job is being automated.

Occupations that rely on this activity group most

Ranked by O*NET importance rating (1–5) for Coaching and Developing Others. Wages are BLS OEWS May 2024 national medians.

Occupation Importance Median pay Employment
Self-Enrichment Teachers 4.74 $45,590 308,520
Chief Executives 4.71 $206,420 211,850
Training and Development Managers 4.68 $127,090 44,960
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 4.60 $104,070 319,630
Sales Managers 4.50 $138,060 603,710
Medical and Health Services Managers 4.50 $117,960 565,840
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary 4.50 $80,190 97,890
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School 4.49 $63,910 104,450
Tutors 4.48 $40,090 174,660
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 4.45 $64,580 1,072,540
Wind Energy Operations Managers 4.44 $136,550 630,980
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers 4.40 $84,130 219,010
Fitness and Wellness Coordinators 4.38 $61,340 10,490
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 4.37 $62,970 620,370
Human Resources Managers 4.32 $140,030 215,520
Security Managers 4.32 $104,690 141,090
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists 4.32 $109,840 1,050
Training and Development Specialists 4.30 $65,850 436,610
Coaches and Scouts 4.30 $45,920 250,940
Biomass Power Plant Managers 4.30 $121,440 234,380
Choreographers 4.29 $55,600 3,430
Law Teachers, Postsecondary 4.28 $126,650 22,800
Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary 4.26 $80,330 41,610
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary 4.23 $61,490 111,150
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers 4.23 $76,310 53,390
Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary 4.23 $86,350 8,700
English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary 4.21 $78,270 59,590
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers 4.20 $92,430 93,680
Education Teachers, Postsecondary 4.20 $72,090 59,090
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers 4.19 $47,520 174,660
Sheet Metal Workers 4.18 $60,850 117,470
Purchasing Managers 4.17 $139,510 81,240
Recreation and Fitness Studies Teachers, Postsecondary 4.17 $75,890 12,680
Financial Managers 4.16 $161,700 818,620
Food Service Managers 4.16 $65,310 244,230
Clinical Nurse Specialists 4.15 $93,600 3,282,010
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary 4.15 $79,940 74,250
Instructional Coordinators 4.14 $74,720 210,850
Media Programming Directors 4.10 $83,480 145,270
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 4.09 $62,340 1,393,310
Spa Managers 4.09 $61,340 10,490
Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas 4.08 $57,980 44,120
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary 4.08 $84,290 11,430
Art Therapists 4.06 $65,010 19,320
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary 4.04 $106,120 39,910
Lodging Managers 4.02 $68,130 41,350
Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary 4.01 $86,220 20,390
Supply Chain Managers 4.00 $102,010 213,000
Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary 4.00 $83,460 53,250
Anthropology and Archeology Teachers, Postsecondary 4.00 $95,770 5,260
Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers 4.00 $41,080 2,610
Mental Health Counselors 4.00 — —
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians 3.99 — 315,360
First-Line Supervisors of Material-Moving Machine and Vehicle Operators 3.99 — —
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare 3.98 $56,270 71,620
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers 3.97 $66,140 1,495,580
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers 3.97 $71,190 685,140
Postmasters and Mail Superintendents 3.97 $92,730 13,810
Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary 3.97 $78,630 4,100
Loss Prevention Managers 3.95 $136,550 630,980

Showing 60 of 894 occupations.

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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Plain

Singulariki. "Coaching and Developing Others." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/activity-groups/coaching-and-developing-others

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Coaching and Developing Others. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/activity-groups/coaching-and-developing-others

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-coaching-and-developing-others,
  title  = {Coaching and Developing Others},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/activity-groups/coaching-and-developing-others}
}

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