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Operating system shells

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Operating system shells 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 2 occupations that together employ about 1,854,240 workers, with a median wage of $117,845.

Occupations that use this tool

Occupations whose O*NET technology profile lists Operating system shells, 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
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 199,800 $102,610

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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Plain

Singulariki. "Operating system shells." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/software/operating-system-shells

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Operating system shells. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/software/operating-system-shells

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-operating-system-shells,
  title  = {Operating system shells},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/software/operating-system-shells}
}

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