Operations Analysis
Cross-functional skill · O*NET work requirement
Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design.
In the O*NET occupational database, Operations Analysis is a skill that work requires. O*NET rates how important it is (1–5) and what level of it a job needs (0–7) for every U.S. occupation. It is rated as important (3 or higher) in 90 of 894 occupations.
Breadth here means how widely O*NET rates this skill as important across occupations — not that it is rare, high-paying, or currently in employer demand.
Occupations that rely most on Operations Analysis
Ranked by O*NET importance to the occupation (1–5). Bars are sized against the 1–5 scale; the level column is what depth of the skill the job needs (0–7).
Showing the top 40 of 90 occupations where this is important.
How AI is used by roles that need Operations Analysis
This skill is not itself "being automated" — but we can look at the roles for which O*NET rates it important and ask how those people actually use AI. This rolls the Anthropic Economic Index per-role signal up across those roles (importance-weighted). 71.1% of the 90 roles where this is important carry observed AI-usage data (64 roles).
Across those roles, 50.7% of AI conversations are people working with AI and 30.6% hand a task to AI , with an average autonomy of 3.81 / 5.
| Collaboration pattern | Share | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| task iteration | 30.4% | you and AI go back and forth |
| directive | 27.7% | AI does it; you give the instruction |
| learning | 18.1% | you ask AI to explain or teach |
| feedback loop | 2.9% | AI does it, then adjusts from your feedback |
| validation | 2.2% | you do it; AI checks your work |
Roles behind this signal
The roles where this skill is most important and that also have the most AEI data. "Works with AI" is the role's share of conversations that augment rather than automate.
| Occupation | Importance | Works with AI | Autonomy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary | 3.1 | 65.7% | 3.8/5 |
| Computer Hardware Engineers | 3.4 | 52.2% | 4.0/5 |
| Operations Research Analysts | 3.8 | 55.2% | 4.0/5 |
| Industrial-Organizational Psychologists | 3.5 | 71.5% | 4.0/5 |
| Dietitians and Nutritionists | 3.1 | 70.2% | 4.0/5 |
| Chief Executives | 3.1 | 65.7% | 3.0/5 |
| Actuaries | 3.0 | 73.6% | 4.0/5 |
| Robotics Engineers | 3.3 | 42.0% | 4.0/5 |
| Nurse Practitioners | 3.0 | 69.1% | 4.0/5 |
| Photonics Engineers | 3.3 | 63.5% | 4.0/5 |
| Art Directors | 3.4 | 54.1% | 3.0/5 |
| Molecular and Cellular Biologists | 3.1 | 57.2% | 3.8/5 |
Source: Anthropic Economic Index (2026-01-15-v4-plus-2025-03-27-v2) over a sample of Claude.ai Free and Pro conversations — not all AI tools and not the whole workforce. Shares are of observed conversations, weighted by how important this skill is to each role; some conversations are left unclassified by Anthropic's taxonomy, so shares need not sum to 100.
Industries that concentrate this
Where Operations Analysis matters most across the economy. Employment reach is the share of an industry's workers in occupations that significantly rely on Operations Analysis (O*NET importance ≥ 3 of 5). Concentration compares that reach to the national average industry, so a value above 1× means the requirement is more pervasive here than across the economy as a whole.
Nationally, about 6.0% of workers are in occupations that significantly rely on Operations Analysis (measured across 66 industries).
Sectors with the most such workers
| Sector | Workers | Employment reach |
|---|---|---|
| Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 2,646,850 | 24.6% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 1,132,200 | 4.9% |
| Manufacturing | 1,043,650 | 8.2% |
| Information | 679,050 | 23.4% |
| Finance and Insurance | 590,050 | 9.5% |
| Management of Companies and Enterprises | 491,760 | 17.5% |
| Construction | 419,740 | 5.2% |
| Educational Services | 366,520 | 2.7% |
| Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services | 310,220 | 3.4% |
| Wholesale Trade | 309,080 | 5.1% |
| Retail Trade | 132,310 | 0.8% |
| Transportation and Warehousing | 104,040 | 1.4% |
Industries where it is most concentrated
| Industry | Level | Concentration | Employment reach |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engineering Services | National industry | 6.72× | 40.3% |
| Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | Sector | 4.1× | 24.6% |
| Information | Sector | 3.9× | 23.4% |
| Nuclear Electric Power Generation | National industry | 3.28× | 19.7% |
| Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers | National industry | 3.07× | 18.4% |
| Management of Companies and Enterprises | Sector | 2.92× | 17.5% |
| Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities | National industry | 2.58× | 15.5% |
| Testing Laboratories and Services | National industry | 2.48× | 14.9% |
| Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists | National industry | 2.32× | 13.9% |
| Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation | National industry | 2× | 12.0% |
| Utilities | Sector | 1.85× | 11.1% |
| Finance and Insurance | Sector | 1.58× | 9.5% |
Reach is a measure of how widespread a requirement is across an industry's workforce, not how intensively any individual uses it. Sector worker counts come from BLS OEWS employment; the significance threshold and tool use come from O*NET. Industries shown by concentration are filtered to a real worker base so a tiny specialty cannot top the list on rounding.
Related skills, knowledge & abilities
Capabilities required by many of the same occupations — a measure of which skills, knowledge and abilities tend to travel together, not a judgment of similarity.
| Capability | Type | Shared occupations |
|---|---|---|
| Number Facility | Ability | 65 |
| Mathematics | Basic skill | 67 |
| Design | Knowledge | 54 |
| Systems Evaluation | Cross-functional skill | 82 |
| Science | Basic skill | 47 |
| Engineering and Technology | Knowledge | 59 |
| Mathematical Reasoning | Ability | 66 |
| Systems Analysis | Cross-functional skill | 86 |
| Physics | Knowledge | 38 |
| Originality | Ability | 88 |
| Technology Design | Cross-functional skill | 18 |
| Fluency of Ideas | Ability | 89 |
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
- BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Census NAICS 2022 U.S. Census Bureau
- Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.
Cite this page
Singulariki. "Operations Analysis." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; Census NAICS 2022; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27). Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/skills/operations-analysis
Singulariki. (2026). Operations Analysis. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/skills/operations-analysis
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