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Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates

Work activity group · O*NET

Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates 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 4.00 of 5 — 96th percentile among all activity groups.

Intermediate activities it contains

The intermediate work activities O*NET groups under Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates, ranked by how many occupations perform each. Each links to its own page.

Intermediate activity Occupations AI applied
Communicate with others about operational plans or activities 185 88th pct
Confer with healthcare or other professionals about patient care 83 19th pct
Notify others of emergencies or problems 78 72nd pct
Communicate with others about specifications or project details 76 94th pct
Confer with clients to determine needs or order specifications 55 95th pct
Collaborate in the development of educational programs 30 41st pct
Communicate with others about business strategies 27 78th pct
Assist scientists, scholars, or technical specialists with projects or research 22 90th pct
Communicate environmental or sustainability information 21 88th pct
Discuss legal matters with clients, disputants, or legal professionals or staff 7 67th 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 10 intermediate activities under Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates that the study measured, this group ranks in the 73rd 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 Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates. Wages are BLS OEWS May 2024 national medians.

Occupation Importance Median pay Employment
Physical Therapist Assistants 4.91 $65,510 108,010
Chief Sustainability Officers 4.81 $206,420 211,850
Physician Assistants 4.81 $133,260 155,540
Quality Control Systems Managers 4.80 $121,440 234,380
Health Education Specialists 4.80 $63,000 65,150
Occupational Therapy Assistants 4.79 $68,340 47,910
Training and Development Managers 4.79 $127,090 44,960
Public Relations Specialists 4.77 $69,780 280,590
Hospitalists 4.76 — 315,360
Order Clerks 4.76 $44,660 83,420
Special Effects Artists and Animators 4.76 $99,800 21,280
Clinical Nurse Specialists 4.75 $93,600 3,282,010
Coroners 4.75 $78,420 397,770
Marketing Managers 4.75 $161,030 384,980
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors 4.75 $65,140 342,350
Chief Executives 4.75 $206,420 211,850
Compliance Managers 4.74 $136,550 630,980
Social and Human Service Assistants 4.74 $45,120 424,220
Human Resources Managers 4.73 $140,030 215,520
Sales Managers 4.70 $138,060 603,710
Information Technology Project Managers 4.70 $108,970 439,380
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 4.70 $58,570 382,960
Intelligence Analysts 4.70 $93,580 110,790
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary 4.70 $80,190 97,890
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School 4.69 $69,590 162,780
Treasurers and Controllers 4.68 $161,700 818,620
Community Health Workers 4.68 $51,030 60,730
Geothermal Production Managers 4.67 $121,440 234,380
Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling 4.67 $77,180 36,700
Human Resources Specialists 4.66 $72,910 917,460
Management Analysts 4.65 $101,190 893,900
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 4.65 $104,070 319,630
Architectural and Engineering Managers 4.65 $167,740 210,340
Social and Community Service Managers 4.65 $78,240 195,490
Patient Representatives 4.65 $48,790 174,060
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping 4.65 $49,440 92,580
Pediatricians, General 4.65 $210,130 42,960
Recycling Coordinators 4.65 — —
Business Continuity Planners 4.64 $81,270 1,128,200
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants 4.64 $74,260 472,770
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers 4.64 $58,610 70,310
Electricians 4.63 $62,350 742,580
Medical and Health Services Managers 4.63 $117,960 565,840
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan 4.62 $43,830 157,310
Regulatory Affairs Managers 4.61 $136,550 630,980
Training and Development Specialists 4.61 $65,850 436,610
Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary 4.61 $44,930 155,010
Registered Nurses 4.60 $93,600 3,282,010
Range Managers 4.60 $67,950 25,590
Customer Service Representatives 4.59 $42,830 2,725,930
Lawyers 4.59 $151,160 747,750
Speech-Language Pathology Assistants 4.59 $46,050 103,650
Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary 4.59 $86,350 8,700
Detectives and Criminal Investigators 4.58 $93,580 110,790
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers 4.58 $76,310 53,390
Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary 4.58 $76,210 13,350
Gambling Surveillance Officers and Gambling Investigators 4.58 $43,900 10,000
Sustainability Specialists 4.57 $81,270 1,128,200
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers 4.57 $84,130 219,010
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers 4.57 $60,060 125,910

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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Singulariki. "Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates." 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/communicating-with-supervisors-peers-or-subordinates

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/activity-groups/communicating-with-supervisors-peers-or-subordinates

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-communicating-with-supervisors-peers-or-subordinates,
  title  = {Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates},
  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/communicating-with-supervisors-peers-or-subordinates}
}

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