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Systems Evaluation

Cross-functional skill · O*NET work requirement

Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.

In the O*NET occupational database, Systems Evaluation 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 326 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 Systems Evaluation

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
Chief Executives 4.3 5.0
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 4.1 4.5
Logistics Engineers 4.1 4.6
Actuaries 4.0 4.6
Business Continuity Planners 4.0 4.3
Epidemiologists 4.0 4.1
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists 4.0 4.5
Agricultural Engineers 3.9 4.0
Chemical Engineers 3.9 4.1
Chief Sustainability Officers 3.9 4.0
Computer Network Architects 3.9 3.9
Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 3.9 4.1
Fire-Prevention and Protection Engineers 3.9 4.1
Human Resources Managers 3.9 4.0
Management Analysts 3.9 3.9
Operations Research Analysts 3.9 4.3
Petroleum Engineers 3.9 3.9
Supply Chain Managers 3.9 3.9
Water/Wastewater Engineers 3.9 4.1
Automotive Engineers 3.8 4.1
Computer Systems Analysts 3.8 4.1
Health Informatics Specialists 3.8 4.3
Logistics Analysts 3.8 3.9
Loss Prevention Managers 3.8 3.9
Manufacturing Engineers 3.8 4.5
Medical and Health Services Managers 3.8 3.9
Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers 3.8 4.3
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 3.8 4.1
Nuclear Engineers 3.8 4.0
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists 3.8 3.8
Preventive Medicine Physicians 3.8 4.4
Quality Control Systems Managers 3.8 4.0
Regulatory Affairs Managers 3.8 3.8
Social and Community Service Managers 3.8 3.9
Transportation Engineers 3.8 3.9
Transportation Planners 3.8 4.1
Urban and Regional Planners 3.8 4.0
Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists and Site Managers 3.6 3.8
Climate Change Policy Analysts 3.6 3.6
Coaches and Scouts 3.6 4.1

Showing the top 40 of 326 occupations where this is important.

How AI is used by roles that need Systems Evaluation

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). 66.9% of the 326 roles where this is important carry observed AI-usage data (218 roles).

Across those roles, 52.0% of AI conversations are people working with AI and 29.1% hand a task to AI , with an average autonomy of 3.72 / 5.

Collaboration pattern Share What it means
directive 26.9% AI does it; you give the instruction
task iteration 26.6% you and AI go back and forth
learning 21.8% you ask AI to explain or teach
validation 3.5% you do it; AI checks your work
feedback loop 2.2% AI does it, then adjusts from your feedback

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
Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary 3.1 63.2% 4.0/5
Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors 3.0 70.6% 4.0/5
Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary 3.1 67.2% 3.5/5
Philosophy and Religion Teachers, Postsecondary 3.1 66.8% 3.3/5
Recreation and Fitness Studies Teachers, Postsecondary 3.0 66.2% 3.3/5
Instructional Coordinators 3.3 53.1% 4.0/5
Education Teachers, Postsecondary 3.1 65.3% 3.5/5
Economics Teachers, Postsecondary 3.1 65.7% 3.3/5
Communications Teachers, Postsecondary 3.0 65.7% 3.0/5
Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary 3.0 66.3% 4.0/5
Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary 3.1 66.2% 3.0/5
Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary 3.1 66.2% 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 Systems Evaluation matters most across the economy. Employment reach is the share of an industry's workers in occupations that significantly rely on Systems Evaluation (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 27.9% of workers are in occupations that significantly rely on Systems Evaluation (measured across 67 industries).

Sectors with the most such workers

Sector Workers Employment reach
Health Care and Social Assistance 6,923,590 30.0%
Educational Services 6,627,350 48.6%
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 5,864,220 54.5%
Manufacturing 2,998,540 23.5%
Finance and Insurance 2,731,450 43.9%
Retail Trade 2,630,740 16.9%
Accommodation and Food Services 1,846,950 13.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises 1,524,350 54.3%
Information 1,464,220 50.4%
Construction 1,410,070 17.4%
Wholesale Trade 1,386,560 23.0%
Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services 1,365,910 15.1%

Industries where it is most concentrated

Industry Level Concentration Employment reach
Wind Electric Power Generation National industry 2.84× 79.2%
Labor Unions and Similar Labor Organizations National industry 2.47× 68.8%
Engineering Services National industry 2.31× 64.4%
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services Sector 1.95× 54.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises Sector 1.95× 54.3%
Testing Laboratories and Services National industry 1.95× 54.5%
Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities National industry 1.85× 51.6%
Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers National industry 1.83× 51.0%
Information Sector 1.81× 50.4%
Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists National industry 1.77× 49.5%
Educational Services Sector 1.74× 48.6%
Finance and Insurance Sector 1.57× 43.9%

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
Systems Analysis Cross-functional skill 307
Fluency of Ideas Ability 306
Learning Strategies Basic skill 258
Originality Ability 270
Instructing Cross-functional skill 263
Active Learning Basic skill 322
Writing Basic skill 320
Written Expression Ability 323
Mathematical Reasoning Ability 197
Complex Problem Solving Cross-functional skill 325
Persuasion Cross-functional skill 218
Judgment and Decision Making Cross-functional skill 326

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. "Systems Evaluation." 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/systems-evaluation

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Singulariki. (2026). Systems Evaluation. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/skills/systems-evaluation

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@misc{singulariki-systems-evaluation,
  title  = {Systems Evaluation},
  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/systems-evaluation}
}

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