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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).

Occupation Importance Score Level
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval 4.0 4.4
Aerospace Engineers 3.9 5.0
Automotive Engineers 3.8 3.9
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers 3.8 4.0
Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 3.8 4.4
Fire-Prevention and Protection Engineers 3.8 4.0
Landscape Architects 3.8 3.8
Logistics Engineers 3.8 4.1
Nuclear Engineers 3.8 4.4
Operations Research Analysts 3.8 4.3
Set and Exhibit Designers 3.8 3.8
Chemical Engineers 3.6 4.6
Civil Engineers 3.6 4.5
Medical and Health Services Managers 3.6 3.9
Web Developers 3.6 4.0
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists 3.5 3.5
Mechanical Engineers 3.5 4.4
Art Directors 3.4 3.5
Computer Hardware Engineers 3.4 4.0
Energy Engineers, Except Wind and Solar 3.4 3.9
Marketing Managers 3.4 3.6
Transportation Engineers 3.4 3.9
Commercial and Industrial Designers 3.3 3.9
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 3.3 3.5
Fashion Designers 3.3 3.3
Human Factors Engineers and Ergonomists 3.3 3.9
Manufacturing Engineers 3.3 3.9
Nanosystems Engineers 3.3 4.0
Natural Sciences Managers 3.3 3.9
Photonics Engineers 3.3 3.9
Psychiatrists 3.3 3.5
Remote Sensing Scientists and Technologists 3.3 3.6
Robotics Engineers 3.3 4.0
Software Developers 3.3 3.1
Transportation Planners 3.3 3.5
Water/Wastewater Engineers 3.3 3.9
Wind Energy Engineers 3.3 3.6
Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary 3.1 3.1
Biochemists and Biophysicists 3.1 3.6
Chief Executives 3.1 3.9

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 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.

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.

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

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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

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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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  title  = {Operations Analysis},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {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},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/skills/operations-analysis}
}

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