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Common business oriented language COBOL

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Common business oriented language COBOL is a software tool tracked in the Development environment software category of O*NET's Technology Skills file. It appears in the technology profile of 20 occupations that together employ about 7,199,510 workers, with a median wage of $104,205.

Across the occupations that use it, the work is 89th percentile for AI task-exposure (High) — how much of what those jobs do overlaps with what today's AI can attempt. That measures the exposure of the work, not the value of the tool or any sign it is being replaced. See where every tool category sits →

Occupations that use this tool

Occupations whose O*NET technology profile lists Common business oriented language COBOL, ranked by employment. Wage and employment are BLS OEWS (national, cross-industry, May 2024) and describe the occupation, not an individual or the tool's own market.

Occupation Workers Median pay
Software Developers 1,654,440 $133,080
Management Analysts 893,900 $101,190
Computer User Support Specialists 697,210 $60,340
Computer and Information Systems Managers 645,970 $171,200
Computer Systems Analysts 497,800 $103,790
Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 439,380 $108,970
Information Technology Project Managers 439,380 $108,970
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 318,570 $96,800
Loan Officers 290,530 $74,180
Business Intelligence Analysts 233,440 $112,590
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 199,800 $102,610
Information Security Analysts 179,430 $124,910
Computer Network Architects 177,010 $130,390
Web and Digital Interface Designers 111,400 $98,090
Computer Programmers 109,870 $98,670
Web Developers 78,860 $90,930
Database Administrators 73,180 $104,620
Data Warehousing Specialists 64,770 $135,980
Database Architects 64,770 $135,980
Statisticians 29,800 $103,300
Exposure quadrant: AI task-overlap percentile vs Median pay AI task-overlap (horizontal) versus median pay (vertical), each as a percentile across all scored occupations, for 20 occupations in occupations that use Common business oriented language COBOL. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Computer and Information Systems Managers Computer User Support Specialists Information Security Analysts Network and Computer Systems Administrators Management Analysts Loan Officers Computer Systems Engineers/Architects AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that use Common business oriented language COBOL, by AI task-overlap and median pay

Related tools

Other software in the Development environment software category.

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. "Common business oriented language COBOL." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/software/common-business-oriented-language-cobol

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Singulariki. (2026). Common business oriented language COBOL. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/software/common-business-oriented-language-cobol

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  title  = {Common business oriented language COBOL},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/software/common-business-oriented-language-cobol}
}

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