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Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events

Work activity group · O*NET

Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events 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 3.84 of 5 — 91st percentile among all activity groups.

Intermediate activities it contains

The intermediate work activities O*NET groups under Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events, ranked by how many occupations perform each. Each links to its own page.

Intermediate activity Occupations AI applied
Mark materials or objects for identification 57 48th pct
Identify business or organizational opportunities 39 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 2 intermediate activities under Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events 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 Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events. Wages are BLS OEWS May 2024 national medians.

Occupation Importance Median pay Employment
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers 4.88 $226,600 99,300
History Teachers, Postsecondary 4.80 $81,500 19,860
Security Guards 4.76 $38,370 1,241,770
Urologists 4.73 — 315,360
Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric 4.73 — 12,110
Commercial Pilots 4.70 $122,670 51,830
Nurse Midwives 4.67 $128,790 8,280
Physical Therapist Assistants 4.65 $65,510 108,010
Appraisers of Personal and Business Property 4.65 — —
Quality Control Systems Managers 4.64 $121,440 234,380
Nurse Anesthetists 4.62 $223,210 50,350
Surgical Assistants 4.61 $60,290 22,860
Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers 4.61 $60,020 12,600
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers 4.60 $58,610 70,310
Private Detectives and Investigators 4.60 $52,370 38,700
Aviation Inspectors 4.60 $85,750 23,320
Air Traffic Controllers 4.60 $144,580 22,400
Forestry and Conservation Science Teachers, Postsecondary 4.60 $100,830 1,310
Critical Care Nurses 4.59 $93,600 3,282,010
Power Distributors and Dispatchers 4.59 $107,240 9,180
Ship Engineers 4.59 $101,320 8,580
Neurodiagnostic Technologists 4.58 $48,790 174,060
Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors 4.58 — —
Registered Nurses 4.57 $93,600 3,282,010
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians 4.57 — 315,360
Sailors and Marine Oilers 4.57 $49,610 31,360
Electronic Equipment Installers and Repairers, Motor Vehicles 4.56 $47,940 10,140
Biochemists and Biophysicists 4.55 $103,650 34,520
Gambling Surveillance Officers and Gambling Investigators 4.55 $43,900 10,000
Customs and Border Protection Officers 4.54 $76,290 666,990
Curators 4.54 $61,770 12,280
Neurologists 4.54 — 7,700
Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians 4.53 $79,830 9,060
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers 4.52 $76,290 666,990
Hospitalists 4.52 — 315,360
Physicians, Pathologists 4.52 — 11,800
Subway and Streetcar Operators 4.52 $84,830 9,200
Political Scientists 4.52 $139,380 5,950
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians 4.51 $45,980 131,320
Nuclear Power Reactor Operators 4.51 $122,610 5,720
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 4.50 $58,570 382,960
Locomotive Engineers 4.50 $77,400 31,990
Radiation Therapists 4.50 $101,990 18,700
Clinical Neuropsychologists 4.50 $117,580 17,790
Historians 4.50 $74,050 3,140
Equal Opportunity Representatives and Officers 4.49 $78,420 397,770
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators 4.48 $76,790 305,020
Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers 4.48 $64,190 11,400
Veterinarians 4.46 $125,510 80,630
Dietetic Technicians 4.46 $37,040 29,950
Human Factors Engineers and Ergonomists 4.45 $101,140 350,230
Psychiatric Technicians 4.45 $42,590 136,300
Radiologists 4.45 — 26,290
Information Security Engineers 4.44 $108,970 439,380
Medical Assistants 4.43 $44,200 793,460
Retail Loss Prevention Specialists 4.43 $41,600 83,110
Obstetricians and Gynecologists 4.43 — 19,900
Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary 4.43 $82,540 12,380
Nuclear Technicians 4.43 $104,240 5,990
Anesthesiologist Assistants 4.42 $133,260 155,540

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.

Cite this page
Plain

Singulariki. "Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events." 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/identifying-objects-actions-and-events

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/activity-groups/identifying-objects-actions-and-events

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-identifying-objects-actions-and-events,
  title  = {Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events},
  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/identifying-objects-actions-and-events}
}

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