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R 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 102 occupations that together employ about 24,689,520 workers, with a median wage of $101,140. O*NET flags it as a hot technology — a skill frequently requested in job postings.

Across the occupations that use it, the work is 78th 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 R, 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
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers 1,113,160 $47,320
Management Analysts 893,900 $101,190
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 861,140 $76,950
Financial Managers 818,620 $161,700
Computer and Information Systems Managers 645,970 $171,200
Sales Managers 603,710 $138,060
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers 591,180 $47,460
Medical and Health Services Managers 565,840 $117,960
Computer Systems Analysts 497,800 $103,790
Health Informatics Specialists 497,800 $103,790
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents 472,300 $78,140
Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 439,380 $108,970
Digital Forensics Analysts 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
Marketing Managers 384,980 $161,030
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
Preventive Medicine Physicians 315,360 —
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products 293,930 $100,070
Mechanical Engineers 286,760 $102,320
Administrative Services Managers 254,140 $108,390
Business Intelligence Analysts 233,440 $112,590
Data Scientists 233,440 $112,590
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians 223,460 $77,660
Architectural and Engineering Managers 210,340 $167,740
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 199,800 $102,610
Medical Records Specialists 187,910 $50,250
Neurodiagnostic Technologists 174,060 $48,790
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 156,300 $100,590
Energy Engineers, Except Wind and Solar 150,750 $117,750
Photonics Engineers 150,750 $117,750
Solar Energy Systems Engineers 150,750 $117,750
Energy Auditors 137,210 $72,120
Financial Quantitative Analysts 127,450 $80,190
Fraud Examiners, Investigators and Analysts 127,450 $80,190
Web and Digital Interface Designers 111,400 $98,090
Intelligence Analysts 110,790 $93,580
Computer Programmers 109,870 $98,670
Operations Research Analysts 107,760 $91,290
Clinical Research Coordinators 100,870 $161,180
Natural Sciences Managers 100,870 $161,180
Paramedics 99,530 $58,410
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers 99,300 $226,600
Climate Change Policy Analysts 84,930 $80,060
Chemists 83,250 $84,150
Business Teachers, Postsecondary 81,780 $97,270
Web Developers 78,860 $90,930
Database Administrators 73,180 $104,620
Remote Sensing Technicians 71,400 $60,130
Data Warehousing Specialists 64,770 $135,980
Database Architects 64,770 $135,980
Financial Examiners 62,830 $90,400
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 R. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Paramedics Administrative Services Managers Neurodiagnostic Technologists Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers Radiologic Technologists and Technicians Energy Auditors Chemists Intelligence Analysts Photonics Engineers Clinical Research Coordinators Remote Sensing Technicians Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that use R, 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. "R." 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/r

APA

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

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-r,
  title  = {R},
  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/r}
}

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