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Microsoft Word

Skill in demand · Lightcast

Microsoft Word is a common skill in the Lightcast Open Skills taxonomy — the vocabulary employers use to describe what work requires. It maps to 756 occupations that together employ about 155,478,330 workers, with a median wage of $63,380. Its reach across the occupation map is high. The occupations that use it sit, on average, at the 52nd percentile of AI task-exposure ( moderate) — 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 Word, 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
Baristas 3,780,930 $30,480
General and Operations Managers 3,584,420 $102,950
Acute Care Nurses 3,282,010 $93,600
Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses 3,282,010 $93,600
Clinical Nurse Specialists 3,282,010 $93,600
Registered Nurses 3,282,010 $93,600
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand 2,982,530 $38,940
Recycling and Reclamation Workers 2,982,530 $38,940
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
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 2,199,900 $35,930
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 2,070,480 $57,440
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
Cooks, Restaurant 1,452,130 $36,830
Accountants and Auditors 1,448,290 $81,680
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 1,393,310 $62,340
Nursing Assistants 1,388,430 $39,530
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products 1,266,860 $66,780
Security Guards 1,241,770 $38,370
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
Construction Laborers 1,057,660 $46,730
Project Management Specialists 1,006,160 $100,750
Receptionists and Information Clerks 964,530 $37,230
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers 943,430 $38,090
Human Resources Specialists 917,460 $72,910
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
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators 805,770 $46,390
Medical Assistants 793,460 $44,200
Lawyers 747,750 $151,160
Electricians 742,580 $62,350
Carpenters 697,740 $59,310
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics 688,840 $49,670
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers 685,140 $71,190
Cooks, Fast Food 668,230 $30,160
Customs and Border Protection Officers 666,990 $76,290
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers 666,990 $76,290
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses 632,430 $62,340
Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists and Site Managers 630,980 $136,550
Compliance Managers 630,980 $136,550
Loss Prevention Managers 630,980 $136,550
Regulatory Affairs Managers 630,980 $136,550
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 Word. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners Carpenters Maintenance and Repair Workers, General Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers Cooks, Fast Food Security Guards 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 Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that need Microsoft Word, 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 756

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 Word." 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-word

APA

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

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-microsoft-word,
  title  = {Microsoft Word},
  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-word}
}

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