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Public Speaking

Specific interest area · O*NET

Public Speaking is a specific interest area in the O*NET database, part of the Enterprising Holland family. O*NET describes it as: "Work involves speaking before an audience to educate, entertain, or influence the listeners." It is scored for 891 occupations, which average 2.08 out of 7 on the Occupational Interest scale.

How it's measured

O*NET scores each occupation on this interest on a 0–7 Occupational Interest (OI) scale, where higher means the work more strongly rewards this interest. The figures here are those occupation-level scores — a description of what kind of work each job involves, not a ranking of which job is better, harder, or higher-paid.

Economy-wide average 2.08 / 7 Mean across all 891 scored occupations
Range across occupations 1.00–6.72 Lowest to highest occupation score (spread 5.72)
Prevalence vs. other interests 76th pct Where this interest's average ranks among all O*NET interest dimensions

Occupations that fit this interest best

The occupations that score this interest strongest on the 0–7 scale.

Occupation Score
Communications Teachers, Postsecondary 6.72
Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys 6.35
Legislators 6.13
Actors 6.08
Fundraisers 6.08
Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary 6.04
Clergy 6.00
Public Relations Managers 6.00
Business Teachers, Postsecondary 5.91
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary 5.91
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists 5.91
Philosophy and Religion Teachers, Postsecondary 5.91
Fundraising Managers 5.87
Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary 5.82
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary 5.78
Law Teachers, Postsecondary 5.78
Public Relations Specialists 5.78
English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary 5.74
Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary 5.74
History Teachers, Postsecondary 5.74
Training and Development Managers 5.73
Education Teachers, Postsecondary 5.69
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary 5.65
Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary 5.65
Economics Teachers, Postsecondary 5.61

Occupations that fit this interest least

The occupations that score this interest weakest — where the work rarely rewards it.

Occupation Score
Sewers, Hand 1.00
Sewing Machine Operators 1.00
Shoe Machine Operators and Tenders 1.00
Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers 1.00
Signal and Track Switch Repairers 1.00
Slaughterers and Meat Packers 1.00
Stone Cutters and Carvers, Manufacturing 1.00
Stonemasons 1.00
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters 1.00
Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders 1.00
Tapers 1.00
Terrazzo Workers and Finishers 1.00
Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders 1.00
Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 1.00
Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 1.00
Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 1.00
Tile and Stone Setters 1.00
Timing Device Assemblers and Adjusters 1.00
Tire Builders 1.00
Tire Repairers and Changers 1.00
Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners 1.00
Upholsterers 1.00
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers 1.00
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing 1.00
Word Processors and Typists 1.00

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.

  • O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

Cite this page
Plain

Singulariki. "Public Speaking." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/interests/public-speaking

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Public Speaking. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/interests/public-speaking

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-public-speaking,
  title  = {Public Speaking},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/interests/public-speaking}
}

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