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Perl is a hot technology software tool tracked in the Object or component oriented development software category of O*NET's Technology Skills file. It appears in the technology profile of 66 occupations that together employ about 13,876,040 workers, with a median wage of $103,790. O*NET flags it as a hot technology — a skill frequently requested in job postings.

Across the occupations that use it, the work is 88th 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 Perl, 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
Health Informatics Specialists 497,800 $103,790
Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 439,380 $108,970
Digital Forensics Analysts 439,380 $108,970
Document Management Specialists 439,380 $108,970
Geographic Information Systems Technologists and Technicians 439,380 $108,970
Information Security Engineers 439,380 $108,970
Information Technology Project Managers 439,380 $108,970
Penetration Testers 439,380 $108,970
Web Administrators 439,380 $108,970
Validation Engineers 350,230 $101,140
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 318,570 $96,800
Automotive Engineers 286,760 $102,320
Mechanical Engineers 286,760 $102,320
Business Intelligence Analysts 233,440 $112,590
Data Scientists 233,440 $112,590
Architectural and Engineering Managers 210,340 $167,740
Biofuels/Biodiesel Technology and Product Development Managers 210,340 $167,740
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
Telecommunications Engineering Specialists 177,010 $130,390
Microsystems Engineers 150,750 $117,750
Photonics Engineers 150,750 $117,750
Computer Network Support Specialists 146,450 $73,340
Media Technical Directors/Managers 145,270 $83,480
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
Operations Research Analysts 107,760 $91,290
Radio Frequency Identification Device Specialists 93,940 $127,590
Climate Change Policy Analysts 84,930 $80,060
Web Developers 78,860 $90,930
Computer Hardware Engineers 75,710 $155,020
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
Biologists 59,710 $93,330
Geneticists 59,710 $93,330
Sales Engineers 56,690 $121,520
Financial Risk Specialists 56,320 $106,000
Computer and Information Research Scientists 38,480 $140,910
Biochemists and Biophysicists 34,520 $103,650
Social Science Research Assistants 32,940 $58,040
Biostatisticians 29,800 $103,300
Range Managers 25,590 $67,950
Remote Sensing Scientists and Technologists 22,580 $117,960
Physicists 21,340 $166,290
Electrical and Electronics Drafters 20,020 $73,720
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School 14,200 $63,620
Physics Teachers, Postsecondary 13,590 $97,360
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 Perl. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Range Managers Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School Biofuels/Biodiesel Technology and Product Development Managers Electrical Engineers Media Technical Directors/Managers Biochemists and Biophysicists Biologists Remote Sensing Technicians Radio Frequency Identification Device Specialists Computer Network Support Specialists AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that use Perl, by AI task-overlap and median pay

Related tools

Other software in the Object or component oriented development 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. "Perl." 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/perl

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Singulariki. (2026). Perl. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/software/perl

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