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Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work

Work activity group · O*NET

Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work 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 3.70 of 5 — 87th percentile among all activity groups.

Intermediate activities it contains

The intermediate work activities O*NET groups under Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work, ranked by how many occupations perform each. Each links to its own page.

Intermediate activity Occupations AI applied
Plan work activities 73 83rd pct
Plan events or programs 49 60th 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 Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work that the study measured, this group ranks in the 72nd 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 Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work. Wages are BLS OEWS May 2024 national medians.

Occupation Importance Median pay Employment
Community Health Workers 4.75 $51,030 60,730
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping 4.69 $49,440 92,580
Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary 4.69 $76,210 13,350
Order Clerks 4.66 $44,660 83,420
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners 4.63 $59,440 134,670
Information Technology Project Managers 4.62 $108,970 439,380
Fashion Designers 4.62 $80,690 20,910
Geothermal Production Managers 4.61 $121,440 234,380
Speech-Language Pathologists 4.59 $95,410 178,790
Natural Sciences Managers 4.57 $161,180 100,870
Special Education Teachers, Elementary School 4.56 — —
Media Technical Directors/Managers 4.55 $83,480 145,270
Chief Executives 4.53 $206,420 211,850
Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary 4.53 $101,480 9,120
Registered Nurses 4.51 $93,600 3,282,010
Recycling Coordinators 4.51 — —
Electricians 4.50 $62,350 742,580
Instructional Coordinators 4.50 $74,720 210,850
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School 4.50 $63,910 104,450
File Clerks 4.50 $41,270 78,980
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants 4.49 $74,260 472,770
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary 4.49 $79,940 74,250
Biologists 4.49 $93,330 59,710
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 4.48 $104,070 319,630
Education Teachers, Postsecondary 4.48 $72,090 59,090
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School 4.47 $69,590 162,780
Human Resources Managers 4.45 $140,030 215,520
Prosthodontists 4.44 — 760
Clinical Research Coordinators 4.43 $161,180 100,870
Residential Advisors 4.43 $39,180 82,810
Funeral Home Managers 4.43 $76,830 13,120
Biomass Power Plant Managers 4.42 $121,440 234,380
Public Relations Specialists 4.41 $69,780 280,590
Medical Equipment Preparers 4.41 $46,490 72,760
Administrative Services Managers 4.39 $108,390 254,140
Health Informatics Specialists 4.38 $103,790 497,800
Logisticians 4.38 $80,880 235,640
Acute Care Nurses 4.37 $93,600 3,282,010
Chief Sustainability Officers 4.37 $206,420 211,850
Dentists, General 4.37 $172,790 113,490
Commercial Pilots 4.37 $122,670 51,830
Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling 4.37 $77,180 36,700
Health Education Specialists 4.36 $63,000 65,150
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers 4.36 $49,800 25,700
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists 4.36 $109,840 1,050
Marketing Managers 4.35 $161,030 384,980
Painters, Construction and Maintenance 4.35 $48,660 224,180
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan 4.35 $43,830 157,310
Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers 4.35 $41,080 2,610
Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors 4.35 — —
Electrical Engineers 4.34 $111,910 188,790
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 4.33 $62,970 620,370
Education Administrators, Postsecondary 4.33 $103,960 176,420
Facilities Managers 4.33 $104,690 141,090
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists 4.33 $64,520 86,820
Purchasing Managers 4.33 $139,510 81,240
Directors, Religious Activities and Education 4.33 $54,840 21,460
Critical Care Nurses 4.32 $93,600 3,282,010
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 4.32 $76,950 861,140
Wind Energy Operations Managers 4.32 $136,550 630,980

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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Plain

Singulariki. "Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work." 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/organizing-planning-and-prioritizing-work

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/activity-groups/organizing-planning-and-prioritizing-work

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-organizing-planning-and-prioritizing-work,
  title  = {Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work},
  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/organizing-planning-and-prioritizing-work}
}

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