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Skill in demand · Lightcast

Microsoft Access is a specialized skill in the Lightcast Open Skills taxonomy — the vocabulary employers use to describe what work requires. It maps to 242 occupations that together employ about 46,247,160 workers, with a median wage of $64,320. Its reach across the occupation map is high. The occupations that use it sit, on average, at the 73rd percentile of AI task-exposure ( high) — a measure of how much the work overlaps with what AI can do, not of the skill's value. See where every skill sits.

This page is built from a crosswalk that maps each occupation's O*NET knowledge, skill, and ability requirements to the named Lightcast skill — it reflects which jobs require the skill, not a direct count of job postings. Employment and pay are BLS OEWS national figures for the occupations, not for the skill itself.

Occupations that need this skill

Occupations whose O*NET requirements map to Microsoft Access, ranked by employment. Wage and employment are BLS OEWS (national, cross-industry, May 2024).

Occupation Workers Median pay
Retail Salespersons 3,800,250 $34,580
Stockers and Order Fillers 2,779,530 $37,090
Customer Service Representatives 2,725,930 $42,830
Office Clerks, General 2,510,550 $43,630
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive 1,737,820 $46,290
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks 1,455,770 $49,210
Accountants and Auditors 1,448,290 $81,680
Online Merchants 1,128,200 $81,270
Sustainability Specialists 1,128,200 $81,270
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers 1,113,160 $47,320
Project Management Specialists 1,006,160 $100,750
Human Resources Specialists 917,460 $72,910
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 830,760 $44,640
Investment Fund Managers 818,620 $161,700
Treasurers and Controllers 818,620 $161,700
Medical Assistants 793,460 $44,200
Lawyers 747,750 $151,160
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers 591,180 $47,460
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants 472,770 $74,260
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents 472,300 $78,140
Digital Forensics Analysts 439,380 $108,970
Geographic Information Systems Technologists and Technicians 439,380 $108,970
Web Administrators 439,380 $108,970
Social and Human Service Assistants 424,220 $45,120
Billing and Posting Clerks 417,500 $47,170
Compliance Officers 397,770 $78,420
Customs Brokers 397,770 $78,420
Equal Opportunity Representatives and Officers 397,770 $78,420
Regulatory Affairs Specialists 397,770 $78,420
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks 385,000 $57,770
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 382,960 $58,570
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 367,220 $61,010
Correctional Officers and Jailers 365,380 $57,970
Financial and Investment Analysts 340,580 $101,350
Firefighters 332,240 $59,530
Self-Enrichment Teachers 308,520 $45,590
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators 305,020 $76,790
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers 296,640 $66,700
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products 293,930 $100,070
Loan Officers 290,530 $74,180
Animal Caretakers 277,300 $33,470
Personal Financial Advisors 270,480 $102,140
Administrative Services Managers 254,140 $108,390
Logistics Analysts 235,640 $80,880
Clinical Data Managers 233,440 $112,590
Data Scientists 233,440 $112,590
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks 229,070 $48,450
Cost Estimators 219,530 $77,070
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers 219,010 $84,130
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance 211,000 $48,880
Medical Records Specialists 187,910 $50,250
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers 174,660 $47,520
Patient Representatives 174,060 $48,790
Loan Interviewers and Clerks 173,100 $48,950
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks 170,010 $47,700
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks 156,950 $55,290
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs 156,260 $51,500
Anesthesiologist Assistants 155,540 $133,260
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 154,540 $54,140
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives 153,130 $105,980
Exposure quadrant: AI task-overlap percentile vs Median pay AI task-overlap (horizontal) versus median pay (vertical), each as a percentile across all scored occupations, for 40 occupations in occupations that need Microsoft Access. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Firefighters Stockers and Order Fillers Anesthesiologist Assistants First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives Medical Assistants First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers Animal Caretakers Patient Representatives Paralegals and Legal Assistants Social and Human Service Assistants Equal Opportunity Representatives and Officers Child, Family, and School Social Workers Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers Lawyers Online Merchants First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers Project Management Specialists Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that need Microsoft Access, by AI task-overlap and median pay

How this skill maps to occupations

The O*NET attribute types that bridge to this Lightcast skill, and how many of the mapped occupations each accounts for.

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Datasets behind 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. "Microsoft Access." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/demand-skills/microsoft-access

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Microsoft Access. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/demand-skills/microsoft-access

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-microsoft-access,
  title  = {Microsoft Access},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/demand-skills/microsoft-access}
}

Citations name the underlying public dataset releases — they reflect what this page is built from, not just the URL.