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Quality Control Analysis

Cross-functional skill · O*NET work requirement

Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.

In the O*NET occupational database, Quality Control 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 233 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 Quality Control 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
Agricultural Inspectors 4.1 3.9
Quality Control Analysts 4.0 4.0
Quality Control Systems Managers 4.0 4.1
Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners 3.9 3.6
Non-Destructive Testing Specialists 3.9 4.0
Printing Press Operators 3.9 3.3
Signal and Track Switch Repairers 3.9 3.9
Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians 3.8 3.6
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians 3.8 3.9
Aviation Inspectors 3.8 3.8
Avionics Technicians 3.8 3.6
Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers 3.8 3.6
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment 3.8 3.9
Industrial Machinery Mechanics 3.8 3.8
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers 3.8 3.4
Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers 3.8 3.6
Medical Appliance Technicians 3.8 3.8
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists 3.8 3.9
Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers 3.6 3.5
Chemical Plant and System Operators 3.6 3.5
Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians 3.6 3.8
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers 3.6 3.6
Robotics Engineers 3.6 4.3
Robotics Technicians 3.6 3.9
Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 3.6 3.9
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers 3.6 3.6
Commercial Divers 3.5 3.3
Computer Programmers 3.5 3.5
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 3.5 3.8
Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers 3.5 3.6
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 3.5 3.5
Home Appliance Repairers 3.5 3.6
Nuclear Technicians 3.5 3.6
Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners 3.5 3.3
Transportation Vehicle, Equipment and Systems Inspectors, Except Aviation 3.5 3.3
Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers 3.4 3.8
Biofuels Processing Technicians 3.4 3.4
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters 3.4 3.4
Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairers 3.4 3.4
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators 3.4 3.5

Showing the top 40 of 233 occupations where this is important.

How AI is used by roles that need Quality Control 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). 46.8% of the 233 roles where this is important carry observed AI-usage data (109 roles).

Across those roles, 35.3% of AI conversations are people working with AI and 33.6% hand a task to AI , with an average autonomy of 3.59 / 5.

Collaboration pattern Share What it means
directive 27.6% AI does it; you give the instruction
learning 20.1% you ask AI to explain or teach
task iteration 13.6% you and AI go back and forth
feedback loop 6.0% AI does it, then adjusts from your feedback
validation 1.7% 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
Editors 3.3 68.2% 4.0/5
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers 3.3 33.4% 4.0/5
Chemists 3.3 61.8% 4.0/5
Robotics Engineers 3.6 42.0% 4.0/5
Education Administrators, Elementary and Secondary School 3.0 56.5% 4.0/5
Photonics Engineers 3.0 63.5% 4.0/5
Chemical Technicians 3.1 53.9% 4.0/5
Biochemists and Biophysicists 3.0 64.5% 4.0/5
Architectural and Engineering Managers 3.0 66.3% 4.0/5
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers 3.0 48.5% 4.0/5
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval 3.1 53.8% 4.0/5
Soil and Plant Scientists 3.0 85.1% 4.0/5

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 Quality Control Analysis matters most across the economy. Employment reach is the share of an industry's workers in occupations that significantly rely on Quality Control 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 12.9% of workers are in occupations that significantly rely on Quality Control Analysis (measured across 67 industries).

Sectors with the most such workers

Sector Workers Employment reach
Manufacturing 5,063,740 39.7%
Construction 3,771,700 46.4%
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 1,175,220 10.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration) 974,140 22.0%
Health Care and Social Assistance 947,150 4.1%
Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services 941,860 10.4%
Retail Trade 903,050 5.8%
Educational Services 809,220 5.9%
Wholesale Trade 764,920 12.7%
Transportation and Warehousing 729,590 9.9%
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing 518,990 21.9%
Accommodation and Food Services 449,860 3.2%

Industries where it is most concentrated

Industry Level Concentration Employment reach
Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors National industry 5.67× 73.2%
Wind Electric Power Generation National industry 5.19× 67.0%
Machine Shops National industry 5.14× 66.3%
Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation National industry 5.08× 65.5%
Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors National industry 4.95× 63.8%
Nuclear Electric Power Generation National industry 4.79× 61.8%
Poured Concrete Foundation and Structure Contractors National industry 4.33× 55.9%
Utilities Sector 4.12× 53.1%
Masonry Contractors National industry 4.11× 53.0%
Other Building Equipment Contractors National industry 3.85× 49.7%
Power and Communication Line and Related Structures Construction National industry 3.69× 47.6%
Construction Sector 3.6× 46.4%

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
Operations Monitoring Cross-functional skill 195
Mechanical Knowledge 174
Troubleshooting Cross-functional skill 119
Visualization Ability 185
Control Precision Ability 166
Operation and Control Cross-functional skill 127
Perceptual Speed Ability 177
Finger Dexterity Ability 166
Arm-Hand Steadiness Ability 175
Manual Dexterity Ability 166
Engineering and Technology Knowledge 122
Production and Processing Knowledge 128

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. "Quality Control 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/quality-control-analysis

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@misc{singulariki-quality-control-analysis,
  title  = {Quality Control 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/quality-control-analysis}
}

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