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Microsoft Visual Studio

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Microsoft Visual Studio 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 46 occupations that together employ about 11,333,870 workers, with a median wage of $104,205. O*NET flags it as a hot technology — a skill frequently requested in job postings.

Across the occupations that use it, the work is 86th 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 Studio, 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
Online Merchants 1,128,200 $81,270
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
Geographic Information Systems Technologists and Technicians 439,380 $108,970
Information Technology Project Managers 439,380 $108,970
Web Administrators 439,380 $108,970
Industrial Engineers 350,230 $101,140
Validation Engineers 350,230 $101,140
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 318,570 $96,800
Automotive Engineers 286,760 $102,320
Business Intelligence Analysts 233,440 $112,590
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 199,800 $102,610
Electrical Engineers 188,790 $111,910
Information Security Analysts 179,430 $124,910
Computer Network Architects 177,010 $130,390
Robotics Engineers 150,750 $117,750
Wind Energy Engineers 150,750 $117,750
Financial Quantitative Analysts 127,450 $80,190
Video Game Designers 111,400 $98,090
Web and Digital Interface Designers 111,400 $98,090
Computer Programmers 109,870 $98,670
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary 97,890 $80,190
Radio Frequency Identification Device Specialists 93,940 $127,590
Industrial Ecologists 84,930 $80,060
Web Developers 78,860 $90,930
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians 73,410 $64,790
Database Administrators 73,180 $104,620
Remote Sensing Technicians 71,400 $60,130
Aerospace Engineers 68,440 $134,830
Data Warehousing Specialists 64,770 $135,980
Database Architects 64,770 $135,980
Bioinformatics Scientists 59,710 $93,330
Computer and Information Research Scientists 38,480 $140,910
Biostatisticians 29,800 $103,300
Remote Sensing Scientists and Technologists 22,580 $117,960
Physicists 21,340 $166,290
Petroleum Engineers 18,970 $141,280
Environmental Economists 15,880 $115,440
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School 14,200 $63,620
Curators 12,280 $61,770
Statistical Assistants 5,900 $51,440
Mathematicians 2,220 $121,680
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 Studio. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School Electrical Engineers Computer and Information Research Scientists Remote Sensing Technicians Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary Online Merchants Information Security Analysts Validation Engineers Bioinformatics Scientists Statistical Assistants AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that use Microsoft Visual Studio, 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. "Microsoft Visual Studio." 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-studio

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

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