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Microsoft PowerPoint

Skill in demand · Lightcast

Microsoft PowerPoint is a common skill in the Lightcast Open Skills taxonomy — the vocabulary employers use to describe what work requires. It maps to 602 occupations that together employ about 112,690,750 workers, with a median wage of $69,685. Its reach across the occupation map is high. The occupations that use it sit, on average, at the 70th 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 PowerPoint, 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
General and Operations Managers 3,584,420 $102,950
Acute Care Nurses 3,282,010 $93,600
Clinical Nurse Specialists 3,282,010 $93,600
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
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General 1,531,700 $48,620
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers 1,495,580 $66,140
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks 1,455,770 $49,210
Accountants and Auditors 1,448,290 $81,680
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 1,393,310 $62,340
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products 1,266,860 $66,780
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel 1,189,330 $66,260
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers 1,187,460 $42,010
Business Continuity Planners 1,128,200 $81,270
Online Merchants 1,128,200 $81,270
Security Management Specialists 1,128,200 $81,270
Sustainability Specialists 1,128,200 $81,270
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers 1,113,160 $47,320
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 1,072,540 $64,580
Project Management Specialists 1,006,160 $100,750
Receptionists and Information Clerks 964,530 $37,230
Human Resources Specialists 917,460 $72,910
Management Analysts 893,900 $101,190
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 861,140 $76,950
Search Marketing Strategists 861,140 $76,950
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks 857,630 $43,190
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 830,760 $44,640
Financial Managers 818,620 $161,700
Investment Fund Managers 818,620 $161,700
Treasurers and Controllers 818,620 $161,700
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers 806,080 $78,690
Solar Energy Installation Managers 806,080 $78,690
Medical Assistants 793,460 $44,200
Lawyers 747,750 $151,160
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers 685,140 $71,190
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers 666,990 $76,290
Compliance Managers 630,980 $136,550
Loss Prevention Managers 630,980 $136,550
Regulatory Affairs Managers 630,980 $136,550
Wind Energy Development Managers 630,980 $136,550
Wind Energy Operations Managers 630,980 $136,550
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 620,370 $62,970
Sales Managers 603,710 $138,060
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers 591,180 $47,460
Medical and Health Services Managers 565,840 $117,960
Computer Systems Analysts 497,800 $103,790
Health Informatics Specialists 497,800 $103,790
Pharmacy Technicians 487,920 $43,460
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants 472,770 $74,260
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents 472,300 $78,140
Insurance Sales Agents 469,480 $60,370
Solar Thermal Installers and Technicians 455,940 $62,970
Digital Forensics Analysts 439,380 $108,970
Document Management Specialists 439,380 $108,970
Geographic Information Systems Technologists and Technicians 439,380 $108,970
Information Technology Project Managers 439,380 $108,970
Training and Development Specialists 436,610 $65,850
Social and Human Service Assistants 424,220 $45,120
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 PowerPoint. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Solar Thermal Installers and Technicians Maintenance and Repair Workers, General Medical Assistants Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers Acute Care Nurses First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers General and Operations Managers Loss Prevention Managers Retail Salespersons Social and Human Service Assistants Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education Medical and Health Services Managers Receptionists and Information Clerks Online Merchants AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that need Microsoft PowerPoint, 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.

  • O*NET software example 602

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 PowerPoint." 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-powerpoint

APA

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

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-microsoft-powerpoint,
  title  = {Microsoft PowerPoint},
  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-powerpoint}
}

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