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Microsoft Visual Basic

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Microsoft Visual Basic is a hot technology software tool tracked in the Development environment software category of O*NET's Technology Skills file. It appears in the technology profile of 96 occupations that together employ about 27,309,210 workers, with a median wage of $101,165. O*NET flags it as a hot technology — a skill frequently requested in job postings.

Across the occupations that use it, the work is 82nd 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 Microsoft Visual Basic, 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
Accountants and Auditors 1,448,290 $81,680
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products 1,266,860 $66,780
Project Management Specialists 1,006,160 $100,750
Human Resources Specialists 917,460 $72,910
Management Analysts 893,900 $101,190
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 861,140 $76,950
Financial Managers 818,620 $161,700
Computer User Support Specialists 697,210 $60,340
Computer and Information Systems Managers 645,970 $171,200
Sales Managers 603,710 $138,060
Medical and Health Services Managers 565,840 $117,960
Computer Systems Analysts 497,800 $103,790
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents 472,300 $78,140
Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 439,380 $108,970
Document Management Specialists 439,380 $108,970
Geographic Information Systems Technologists and Technicians 439,380 $108,970
Information Technology Project Managers 439,380 $108,970
Regulatory Affairs Specialists 397,770 $78,420
Marketing Managers 384,980 $161,030
Civil Engineers 355,410 $99,590
Human Factors Engineers and Ergonomists 350,230 $101,140
Industrial Engineers 350,230 $101,140
Manufacturing Engineers 350,230 $101,140
Validation Engineers 350,230 $101,140
Financial and Investment Analysts 340,580 $101,350
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 318,570 $96,800
Mechanical Engineers 286,760 $102,320
Personal Financial Advisors 270,480 $102,140
Logistics Analysts 235,640 $80,880
Logistics Engineers 235,640 $80,880
Business Intelligence Analysts 233,440 $112,590
Clinical Data Managers 233,440 $112,590
Architectural and Engineering Managers 210,340 $167,740
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 199,800 $102,610
Electrical Engineers 188,790 $111,910
Medical Records Specialists 187,910 $50,250
Information Security Analysts 179,430 $124,910
Computer Network Architects 177,010 $130,390
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 156,300 $100,590
Mechatronics Engineers 150,750 $117,750
Microsystems Engineers 150,750 $117,750
Photonics Engineers 150,750 $117,750
Robotics Engineers 150,750 $117,750
Solar Energy Systems Engineers 150,750 $117,750
Wind Energy Engineers 150,750 $117,750
Computer Network Support Specialists 146,450 $73,340
Energy Auditors 137,210 $72,120
Financial Quantitative Analysts 127,450 $80,190
Web and Digital Interface Designers 111,400 $98,090
Computer Programmers 109,870 $98,670
Operations Research Analysts 107,760 $91,290
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists 102,370 $77,020
Radio Frequency Identification Device Specialists 93,940 $127,590
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians 92,710 $77,180
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health 84,930 $80,060
Chemists 83,250 $84,150
Web Developers 78,860 $90,930
Computer Hardware Engineers 75,710 $155,020
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 40 occupations in occupations that use Microsoft Visual Basic. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Energy Auditors Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians Electrical Engineers General and Operations Managers Chemists Architectural and Engineering Managers Civil Engineers Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health Radio Frequency Identification Device Specialists Computer User Support Specialists Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that use Microsoft Visual Basic, by AI task-overlap and median pay

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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. "Microsoft Visual Basic." 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/microsoft-visual-basic

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Singulariki. (2026). Microsoft Visual Basic. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/software/microsoft-visual-basic

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