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Providing Consultation and Advice to Others

Work activity group · O*NET

Providing Consultation and Advice to 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 2.95 of 5 — 35th percentile among all activity groups.

Intermediate activities it contains

The intermediate work activities O*NET groups under Providing Consultation and Advice to Others, ranked by how many occupations perform each. Each links to its own page.

Intermediate activity Occupations AI applied
Advise others on business or operational matters 110 90th pct
Advise others on educational or vocational matters 78 89th pct
Advise patients or clients on medical issues 44 83rd pct
Advise others on the design or use of technologies 42 94th pct
Advise others on products or services 39 97th pct
Advise others on healthcare or wellness issues 38 91st pct
Advise others on legal or regulatory matters 35 87th pct
Counsel others about personal matters 28 74th pct
Advise others on environmental sustainability or green practices 23 75th pct
Advise others on workplace health or safety issues 16 75th pct
Advise others on financial matters 14 84th 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 11 intermediate activities under Providing Consultation and Advice to Others that the study measured, this group ranks in the 85th 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 Providing Consultation and Advice to Others. Wages are BLS OEWS May 2024 national medians.

Occupation Importance Median pay Employment
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists 4.76 $109,840 1,050
Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric 4.50 — 12,110
Obstetricians and Gynecologists 4.46 — 19,900
Management Analysts 4.45 $101,190 893,900
Neurologists 4.42 — 7,700
Clinical Nurse Specialists 4.38 $93,600 3,282,010
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors 4.32 $65,140 342,350
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons 4.30 — 5,330
Sales Managers 4.29 $138,060 603,710
Funeral Home Managers 4.29 $76,830 13,120
Urologists 4.28 — 315,360
Human Resources Managers 4.27 $140,030 215,520
Sports Medicine Physicians 4.22 — 315,360
Preventive Medicine Physicians 4.21 — 315,360
Security Management Specialists 4.20 $81,270 1,128,200
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 4.20 $104,070 319,630
Training and Development Specialists 4.19 $65,850 436,610
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers 4.19 $60,060 125,910
Prosthodontists 4.16 — 760
Public Relations Specialists 4.14 $69,780 280,590
Lawyers 4.13 $151,160 747,750
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists 4.13 $83,910 128,430
Clinical Neuropsychologists 4.12 $117,580 17,790
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand 4.12 $41,690 11,850
Training and Development Managers 4.11 $127,090 44,960
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians 4.10 — 315,360
Animal Scientists 4.09 $79,120 2,470
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School 4.07 $63,910 104,450
Physician Assistants 4.06 $133,260 155,540
Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses 4.04 $93,600 3,282,010
Sustainability Specialists 4.04 $81,270 1,128,200
Search Marketing Strategists 4.00 $76,950 861,140
Information Technology Project Managers 4.00 $108,970 439,380
Personal Financial Advisors 4.00 $102,140 270,480
Statisticians 4.00 $103,300 29,800
Skincare Specialists 3.97 $41,560 70,240
Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers 3.97 $101,020 6,770
Medical and Health Services Managers 3.96 $117,960 565,840
Hospitalists 3.96 — 315,360
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists 3.96 $95,830 72,190
Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors 3.96 $109,660 23,220
Neuropsychologists 3.96 $117,580 17,790
Transportation Engineers 3.95 $99,590 355,410
Human Factors Engineers and Ergonomists 3.95 $101,140 350,230
Chief Executives 3.95 $206,420 211,850
Energy Engineers, Except Wind and Solar 3.95 $117,750 150,750
Chief Sustainability Officers 3.93 $206,420 211,850
Farm and Home Management Educators 3.93 $58,120 10,260
Mental Health Counselors 3.93 — —
Radiologists 3.92 — 26,290
Fire-Prevention and Protection Engineers 3.92 $109,660 23,220
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 3.91 $76,950 861,140
Nurse Practitioners 3.91 $129,210 307,390
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers 3.91 $49,800 25,700
Audiologists 3.91 $92,120 14,730
Security Managers 3.90 $104,690 141,090
Fundraisers 3.90 $66,490 105,930
Environmental Engineers 3.90 $104,170 37,950
Food Scientists and Technologists 3.90 $85,310 14,370
Psychiatrists 3.89 — 24,800

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. "Providing Consultation and Advice to 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/providing-consultation-and-advice-to-others

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Singulariki. (2026). Providing Consultation and Advice to Others. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/activity-groups/providing-consultation-and-advice-to-others

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-providing-consultation-and-advice-to-others,
  title  = {Providing Consultation and Advice to 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/providing-consultation-and-advice-to-others}
}

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