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Job control language JCL

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Job control language JCL is a software tool tracked in the Operating system software category of O*NET's Technology Skills file. It appears in the technology profile of 23 occupations that together employ about 10,631,680 workers, with a median wage of $102,950.

Across the occupations that use it, the work is 81st 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 Job control language JCL, 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
General and Operations Managers 3,584,420 $102,950
Software Developers 1,654,440 $133,080
Management Analysts 893,900 $101,190
Computer User Support Specialists 697,210 $60,340
Computer Systems Analysts 497,800 $103,790
Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 439,380 $108,970
Geographic Information Systems Technologists and Technicians 439,380 $108,970
Information Technology Project Managers 439,380 $108,970
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 318,570 $96,800
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
Computer Network Support Specialists 146,450 $73,340
Video Game Designers 111,400 $98,090
Web and Digital Interface Designers 111,400 $98,090
Computer Programmers 109,870 $98,670
Operations Research Analysts 107,760 $91,290
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
Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians 9,060 $79,830
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 23 occupations in occupations that use Job control language JCL. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians General and Operations Managers Computer Network Support Specialists Computer User Support Specialists Information Security Analysts Network and Computer Systems Administrators Computer Systems Engineers/Architects AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that use Job control language JCL, by AI task-overlap and median pay

Related tools

Other software in the Operating system 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. "Job control language JCL." 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/job-control-language-jcl

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Singulariki. (2026). Job control language JCL. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/software/job-control-language-jcl

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  title  = {Job control language JCL},
  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/job-control-language-jcl}
}

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