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Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information

Work activity group · O*NET

Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information 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 3.04 of 5 — 40th percentile among all activity groups.

Intermediate activities it contains

The intermediate work activities O*NET groups under Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information, ranked by how many occupations perform each. Each links to its own page.

Intermediate activity Occupations AI applied
Measure physical characteristics of materials, products, or equipment 158 53rd pct
Estimate project development or operational costs 57 65th pct
Assess characteristics of land or property 29 51st pct
Calculate financial data 22 79th pct
Take physical measurements of patients or clients 5 3rd 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 5 intermediate activities under Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information that the study measured, this group ranks in the 50th 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 Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information. Wages are BLS OEWS May 2024 national medians.

Occupation Importance Median pay Employment
Biologists 4.62 $93,330 59,710
Cost Estimators 4.48 $77,070 219,530
Industrial Ecologists 4.35 $80,060 84,930
Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric 4.32 — 12,110
Biochemists and Biophysicists 4.30 $103,650 34,520
Computer and Information Research Scientists 4.20 $140,910 38,480
Forestry and Conservation Science Teachers, Postsecondary 4.17 $100,830 1,310
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 4.13 $46,060 129,850
Sales Engineers 4.07 $121,520 56,690
Architectural and Engineering Managers 4.06 $167,740 210,340
Information Technology Project Managers 4.05 $108,970 439,380
Sailors and Marine Oilers 4.05 $49,610 31,360
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 4.03 $100,590 156,300
Computer Hardware Engineers 4.03 $155,020 75,710
Stone Cutters and Carvers, Manufacturing 4.00 $45,690 34,750
Remote Sensing Scientists and Technologists 4.00 $117,960 22,580
Agricultural Engineers 4.00 $84,630 1,680
Astronomers 4.00 $132,170 1,560
Biofuels/Biodiesel Technology and Product Development Managers 3.97 $167,740 210,340
Log Graders and Scalers 3.97 $46,710 3,310
Quality Control Systems Managers 3.96 $121,440 234,380
Appraisers of Personal and Business Property 3.96 — —
Freight Forwarders 3.95 $49,900 97,800
Soil and Plant Scientists 3.95 $71,410 16,600
Transportation Inspectors 3.94 $85,750 23,320
Watch and Clock Repairers 3.94 $60,690 1,300
Anesthesiologists 3.93 — 41,890
Wind Energy Development Managers 3.92 $136,550 630,980
Non-Destructive Testing Specialists 3.91 $77,390 64,410
Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers 3.91 $60,020 12,600
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand 3.91 $41,690 11,850
Wind Energy Operations Managers 3.90 $136,550 630,980
Nanosystems Engineers 3.90 $117,750 150,750
Database Architects 3.90 $135,980 64,770
Statisticians 3.90 $103,300 29,800
Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians 3.89 $79,830 9,060
Computer Programmers 3.88 $98,670 109,870
Helpers--Extraction Workers 3.88 $48,400 6,720
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping 3.87 $45,650 49,720
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers 3.86 $78,300 600,680
Transportation Engineers 3.86 $99,590 355,410
Energy Auditors 3.86 $72,120 137,210
Materials Engineers 3.86 $108,310 22,770
Validation Engineers 3.85 $101,140 350,230
Pharmacy Aides 3.85 $37,000 41,100
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters 3.84 $46,020 79,540
Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders 3.84 $40,550 27,660
Survey Researchers 3.84 $63,380 7,720
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons 3.84 — 5,330
Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters 3.83 $59,110 5,680
Physicists 3.82 $166,290 21,340
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators 3.81 $58,710 469,270
Solar Sales Representatives and Assessors 3.81 $100,070 293,930
Medical Equipment Preparers 3.81 $46,490 72,760
Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary 3.81 $83,460 53,250
Nurse Anesthetists 3.81 $223,210 50,350
Logging Equipment Operators 3.81 $49,210 22,520
Rail Yard Engineers, Dinkey Operators, and Hostlers 3.81 $58,030 3,300
Food Service Managers 3.80 $65,310 244,230
Opticians, Dispensing 3.79 $46,560 79,690

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. "Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information." 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/estimating-the-quantifiable-characteristics-of-products-events-or-information

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Singulariki. (2026). Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/activity-groups/estimating-the-quantifiable-characteristics-of-products-events-or-information

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@misc{singulariki-estimating-the-quantifiable-characteristics-of-products-events-or-information,
  title  = {Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information},
  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/estimating-the-quantifiable-characteristics-of-products-events-or-information}
}

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