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Shell script

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Shell script is a hot technology software tool tracked in the Operating system software category of O*NET's Technology Skills file. It appears in the technology profile of 43 occupations that together employ about 15,343,470 workers, with a median wage of $108,970. O*NET flags it as a hot technology — a skill frequently requested in job postings.

Across the occupations that use it, the work is 81st 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 Shell script, 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
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 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
Civil Engineers 355,410 $99,590
Industrial Engineers 350,230 $101,140
Validation Engineers 350,230 $101,140
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 318,570 $96,800
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
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
Web and Digital Interface Designers 111,400 $98,090
Computer Programmers 109,870 $98,670
Operations Research Analysts 107,760 $91,290
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
Sales Engineers 56,690 $121,520
Computer and Information Research Scientists 38,480 $140,910
Biostatisticians 29,800 $103,300
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School 14,200 $63,620
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 Shell script. 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 General and Operations Managers Computer and Information Research Scientists Remote Sensing Technicians Civil Engineers Computer Network Support Specialists Information Security Analysts AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that use Shell script, by AI task-overlap and median pay

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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Singulariki. "Shell script." 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/shell-script

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

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  year   = {2026},
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