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Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge

Work activity group · O*NET

Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge 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 3.78 of 5 — 89th percentile among all activity groups.

Intermediate activities it contains

The intermediate work activities O*NET groups under Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge, ranked by how many occupations perform each. Each links to its own page.

Intermediate activity Occupations AI applied
Maintain current knowledge in area of expertise 257 98th 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 Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge that the study measured, this group ranks in the 98th 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 Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge. Wages are BLS OEWS May 2024 national medians.

Occupation Importance Median pay Employment
Family Medicine Physicians 4.87 $238,380 107,950
Forestry and Conservation Science Teachers, Postsecondary 4.85 $100,830 1,310
Physician Assistants 4.84 $133,260 155,540
Pediatricians, General 4.82 $210,130 42,960
General Internal Medicine Physicians 4.81 $236,350 66,640
Optometrists 4.79 $134,830 41,890
Audiologists 4.77 $92,120 14,730
Physicians, Pathologists 4.77 — 11,800
Clinical Nurse Specialists 4.76 $93,600 3,282,010
Emergency Medicine Physicians 4.76 — 33,680
Biochemists and Biophysicists 4.75 $103,650 34,520
Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses 4.74 $93,600 3,282,010
Genetic Counselors 4.74 $98,910 3,510
Sports Medicine Physicians 4.70 — 315,360
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary 4.70 $79,940 74,250
Obstetricians and Gynecologists 4.70 — 19,900
Neurologists 4.70 — 7,700
Radiologists 4.69 — 26,290
Political Scientists 4.69 $139,380 5,950
Health Education Specialists 4.68 $63,000 65,150
History Teachers, Postsecondary 4.68 $81,500 19,860
Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary 4.68 $76,210 13,350
Urologists 4.66 — 315,360
Registered Nurses 4.65 $93,600 3,282,010
Nurse Anesthetists 4.65 $223,210 50,350
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary 4.65 $96,690 36,240
Search Marketing Strategists 4.64 $76,950 861,140
Hospitalists 4.64 — 315,360
Dentists, General 4.64 $172,790 113,490
Neuropsychologists 4.64 $117,580 17,790
Biologists 4.63 $93,330 59,710
Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary 4.63 $83,460 53,250
Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric 4.63 — 12,110
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary 4.62 $106,120 39,910
Appraisers of Personal and Business Property 4.61 — —
Medical Assistants 4.59 $44,200 793,460
Nurse Midwives 4.59 $128,790 8,280
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons 4.59 — 5,330
Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary 4.59 $78,630 4,100
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 4.58 $100,590 156,300
Prosthodontists 4.58 — 760
Computer and Information Research Scientists 4.57 $140,910 38,480
Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary 4.57 $94,680 17,170
Astronomers 4.57 $132,170 1,560
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 4.56 $105,620 229,720
Natural Sciences Managers 4.55 $161,180 100,870
Critical Care Nurses 4.54 $93,600 3,282,010
Geography Teachers, Postsecondary 4.54 $86,730 3,290
Coroners 4.53 $78,420 397,770
Psychiatrists 4.53 — 24,800
Fire Inspectors and Investigators 4.53 $78,060 14,050
Bicycle Repairers 4.53 $40,360 12,590
Epidemiologists 4.53 $83,980 11,460
Geneticists 4.52 $93,330 59,710
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians 4.51 — 315,360
Electrical Engineers 4.51 $111,910 188,790
Community Health Workers 4.51 $51,030 60,730
Electronic Equipment Installers and Repairers, Motor Vehicles 4.51 $47,940 10,140
Veterinarians 4.50 $125,510 80,630
Aviation Inspectors 4.50 $85,750 23,320

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. "Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge." 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/updating-and-using-relevant-knowledge

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/activity-groups/updating-and-using-relevant-knowledge

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-updating-and-using-relevant-knowledge,
  title  = {Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge},
  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/updating-and-using-relevant-knowledge}
}

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