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Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships

Work activity group · O*NET

Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships 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 3.68 of 5 — 84th percentile among all activity groups.

Intermediate activities it contains

The intermediate work activities O*NET groups under Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships, ranked by how many occupations perform each. Each links to its own page.

Intermediate activity Occupations AI applied
Develop professional relationships or networks 39 58th 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 Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships that the study measured, this group ranks in the 58th 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 Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships. Wages are BLS OEWS May 2024 national medians.

Occupation Importance Median pay Employment
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 4.86 $104,070 319,630
Pediatricians, General 4.84 $210,130 42,960
Fundraisers 4.81 $66,490 105,930
Chief Executives 4.80 $206,420 211,850
Music Therapists 4.76 $65,010 19,320
Community Health Workers 4.75 $51,030 60,730
Human Resources Managers 4.73 $140,030 215,520
Health Education Specialists 4.72 $63,000 65,150
Sales Managers 4.71 $138,060 603,710
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 4.71 $58,570 382,960
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors 4.71 $65,140 342,350
Audiologists 4.71 $92,120 14,730
Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses 4.70 $93,600 3,282,010
Special Education Teachers, Elementary School 4.70 — —
Speech-Language Pathologists 4.69 $95,410 178,790
Marketing Managers 4.68 $161,030 384,980
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists 4.68 $95,830 72,190
Chief Sustainability Officers 4.67 $206,420 211,850
Management Analysts 4.65 $101,190 893,900
Psychiatrists 4.65 — 24,800
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists 4.64 $109,840 1,050
Mental Health Counselors 4.64 — —
Instructional Coordinators 4.63 $74,720 210,850
Physical Therapist Assistants 4.63 $65,510 108,010
Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling 4.63 $77,180 36,700
Dental Hygienists 4.61 $94,260 219,070
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary 4.61 $79,940 74,250
Training and Development Managers 4.61 $127,090 44,960
Makeup Artists, Theatrical and Performance 4.60 $50,280 3,320
Public Relations Specialists 4.59 $69,780 280,590
Directors, Religious Activities and Education 4.59 $54,840 21,460
Nurse Midwives 4.58 $128,790 8,280
Clinical Nurse Specialists 4.57 $93,600 3,282,010
Actors 4.57 — 38,800
Personal Financial Advisors 4.56 $102,140 270,480
Physician Assistants 4.56 $133,260 155,540
Tutors 4.55 $40,090 174,660
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School 4.55 $69,590 162,780
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping 4.55 $49,440 92,580
English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary 4.55 $78,270 59,590
Hospitalists 4.54 — 315,360
Patient Representatives 4.54 $48,790 174,060
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants 4.53 $74,260 472,770
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers 4.53 $49,800 25,700
Healthcare Social Workers 4.52 $68,090 185,940
Advertising Sales Agents 4.52 $61,460 97,470
Emergency Medicine Physicians 4.52 — 33,680
Funeral Home Managers 4.52 $76,830 13,120
Recreation and Fitness Studies Teachers, Postsecondary 4.52 $75,890 12,680
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 4.51 $62,970 620,370
Emergency Management Directors 4.50 $86,130 12,570
Urologists 4.48 — 315,360
Natural Sciences Managers 4.48 $161,180 100,870
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary 4.47 $80,190 97,890
Interior Designers 4.46 $63,490 69,580
Occupational Therapy Assistants 4.46 $68,340 47,910
Security Guards 4.45 $38,370 1,241,770
Coaches and Scouts 4.45 $45,920 250,940
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers 4.45 $60,060 125,910
Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary 4.45 $80,330 41,610

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. "Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships." 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/establishing-and-maintaining-interpersonal-relationships

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/activity-groups/establishing-and-maintaining-interpersonal-relationships

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@misc{singulariki-establishing-and-maintaining-interpersonal-relationships,
  title  = {Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships},
  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/establishing-and-maintaining-interpersonal-relationships}
}

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