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Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others

Work activity group · O*NET

Coordinating the Work and Activities of 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 3.11 of 5 — 50th percentile among all activity groups.

Intermediate activities it contains

The intermediate work activities O*NET groups under Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others, ranked by how many occupations perform each. Each links to its own page.

Intermediate activity Occupations AI applied
Coordinate activities with clients, agencies, or organizations 82 63rd pct
Coordinate with others to resolve problems 55 76th pct
Assign work to others 52 26th pct
Coordinate group, community, or public activities 39 55th pct
Signal others to coordinate work activities 35 46th pct
Coordinate regulatory compliance activities 20 50th pct
Coordinate artistic or entertainment activities 18 61st 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 7 intermediate activities under Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others that the study measured, this group ranks in the 54th 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 Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others. Wages are BLS OEWS May 2024 national medians.

Occupation Importance Median pay Employment
Information Technology Project Managers 4.86 $108,970 439,380
Wind Energy Operations Managers 4.57 $136,550 630,980
Architectural and Engineering Managers 4.55 $167,740 210,340
Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers 4.47 $41,080 2,610
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers 4.44 $47,520 174,660
Funeral Home Managers 4.42 $76,830 13,120
First-Line Supervisors of Material-Moving Machine and Vehicle Operators 4.41 — —
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 4.38 $104,070 319,630
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers 4.36 $56,170 124,130
Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas 4.36 $57,980 44,120
Medical and Health Services Managers 4.32 $117,960 565,840
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers 4.32 $58,610 70,310
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 4.31 $62,970 620,370
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers 4.28 $92,430 93,680
Natural Sciences Managers 4.27 $161,180 100,870
Biomass Power Plant Managers 4.26 $121,440 234,380
Electricians 4.22 $62,350 742,580
Spa Managers 4.21 $61,340 10,490
Sales Managers 4.20 $138,060 603,710
Construction Managers 4.20 $106,980 348,330
Lodging Managers 4.19 $68,130 41,350
Wind Energy Development Managers 4.17 $136,550 630,980
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers 4.17 $76,310 53,390
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers 4.15 $66,700 296,640
Stone Cutters and Carvers, Manufacturing 4.15 $45,690 34,750
Emergency Management Directors 4.14 $86,130 12,570
Security Guards 4.13 $38,370 1,241,770
Geothermal Production Managers 4.13 $121,440 234,380
Postmasters and Mail Superintendents 4.12 $92,730 13,810
Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors 4.11 $63,940 10,160
Civil Engineers 4.10 $99,590 355,410
Hydroelectric Production Managers 4.10 $121,440 234,380
Chief Executives 4.10 $206,420 211,850
Chefs and Head Cooks 4.08 $60,990 182,320
Urban and Regional Planners 4.08 $83,720 43,040
Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary 4.08 $86,350 8,700
Chief Sustainability Officers 4.07 $206,420 211,850
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary 4.07 $79,940 74,250
Training and Development Managers 4.07 $127,090 44,960
Solar Energy Installation Managers 4.06 $78,690 806,080
Segmental Pavers 4.06 — —
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers 4.05 $78,690 806,080
Food Service Managers 4.05 $65,310 244,230
Security Managers 4.05 $104,690 141,090
Environmental Restoration Planners 4.05 $80,060 84,930
Purchasing Managers 4.05 $139,510 81,240
Choreographers 4.05 $55,600 3,430
Recycling Coordinators 4.05 — —
Media Programming Directors 4.03 $83,480 145,270
Facilities Managers 4.02 $104,690 141,090
Financial Managers 4.01 $161,700 818,620
Prosthodontists 4.01 — 760
Interior Designers 4.00 $63,490 69,580
General and Operations Managers 3.99 $102,950 3,584,420
Recreation Workers 3.99 $35,380 309,640
Social and Community Service Managers 3.99 $78,240 195,490
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers 3.98 $78,300 600,680
Freight Forwarders 3.98 $49,900 97,800
Marketing Managers 3.97 $161,030 384,980
Urologists 3.97 — 315,360

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. "Coordinating the Work and Activities of 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/coordinating-the-work-and-activities-of-others

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Singulariki. (2026). Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/activity-groups/coordinating-the-work-and-activities-of-others

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-coordinating-the-work-and-activities-of-others,
  title  = {Coordinating the Work and Activities of 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/coordinating-the-work-and-activities-of-others}
}

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