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Public Speaking

Work context · O*NET

Public Speaking is a work-context dimension in the O*NET database — one of the standardized conditions O*NET uses to describe the environment a job is done in , grouped under Interpersonal Relationships. O*NET defines it by asking workers: "How frequently does your job require public speaking (one speaker with an audience)?." It is rated for 894 occupations, which average 2.29 out of 5 (moderate relative to other context dimensions).

How it's measured

O*NET rates each occupation on this dimension on a 1–5 context-importance scale (the CX scale), where higher means the condition is a more frequent or more central part of the work. The figures on this page are those occupation-level ratings — a description of working conditions as workers report them, not a judgment about pay, difficulty, or whether a job is "good."

Economy-wide average 2.29 / 5 Mean across all 894 rated occupations
Range across occupations 1.02–4.94 Lowest to highest occupation rating (spread 3.92)
Intensity vs. other dimensions 37th pct Where this dimension's average ranks among all O*NET work-context dimensions

Occupations where it's highest

The occupations that rate this condition strongest on the 1–5 scale.

Occupation Rating Score
Flight Attendants 4.94
Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary 4.76
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 4.59
Actors 4.54
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary 4.54
Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary 4.53
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 4.52
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary 4.51
Tour Guides and Escorts 4.49
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary 4.48
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School 4.45
Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary 4.45
Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary 4.42
Geography Teachers, Postsecondary 4.36
English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary 4.33
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary 4.32
Forestry and Conservation Science Teachers, Postsecondary 4.29
Communications Teachers, Postsecondary 4.28
Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary 4.26
Business Teachers, Postsecondary 4.25
Physics Teachers, Postsecondary 4.25
History Teachers, Postsecondary 4.24
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates 4.24
Economics Teachers, Postsecondary 4.22
Environmental Science Teachers, Postsecondary 4.22

Occupations where it's lowest

The occupations that rate this condition weakest — where it is rarely part of the work.

Occupation Rating Score
Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers 1.02
Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers 1.02
Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles 1.04
Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 1.04
Dental Hygienists 1.06
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors 1.06
Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers 1.07
Billing and Posting Clerks 1.07
Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters 1.08
Nannies 1.08
Manicurists and Pedicurists 1.11
Print Binding and Finishing Workers 1.12
Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairers 1.13
Tile and Stone Setters 1.14
Watch and Clock Repairers 1.14
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals 1.16
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 1.17
Floral Designers 1.17
Crossing Guards and Flaggers 1.18
Prepress Technicians and Workers 1.18
Public Safety Telecommunicators 1.18
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand 1.19
Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendants 1.19
Etchers and Engravers 1.20
Plasterers and Stucco Masons 1.20

How AI is used by roles where public speaking is central

A working condition is not itself "being automated" — but we can look at the occupations where it is most central and ask how those people actually use AI. This rolls the Anthropic Economic Index per-role signal up across the roles that rate this condition 3 or higher (CX-rating-weighted). 81.4% of the 129 occupations where this condition is present carry observed AI-usage data (105 roles).

Across those roles, 55.5% of AI conversations are people working with AI and 31.7% hand a task to AI , with an average autonomy of 3.68 / 5.

Collaboration pattern Share What it means
directive 30.3% AI does it; you give the instruction
task iteration 29.1% you and AI go back and forth
learning 20.3% you ask AI to explain or teach
validation 6.1% you do it; AI checks your work
feedback loop 1.4% AI does it, then adjusts from your feedback

Roles behind this signal

The occupations where this condition is most central and that also have the most AEI data. "Works with AI" is the role's share of conversations that augment rather than automate.

Occupation Condition (1–5) Works with AI Autonomy
English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary 4.3 63.2% 4.0/5
Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary 4.8 63.2% 4.0/5
Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary 4.3 65.2% 3.0/5
Recreation and Fitness Studies Teachers, Postsecondary 4.1 66.2% 3.3/5
Philosophy and Religion Teachers, Postsecondary 4.0 66.8% 3.3/5
Geography Teachers, Postsecondary 4.4 65.7% 3.3/5
Communications Teachers, Postsecondary 4.3 65.7% 3.0/5
Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary 3.8 67.2% 3.5/5
Economics Teachers, Postsecondary 4.2 65.7% 3.3/5
Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary 4.2 65.7% 3.3/5
Education Teachers, Postsecondary 4.0 65.3% 3.5/5
Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary 4.2 66.3% 4.0/5

Source: Anthropic Economic Index (2026-01-15-v4-plus-2025-03-27-v2) over a sample of Claude.ai Free and Pro conversations — not all AI tools and not the whole workforce. This is a role-weighted projection from AEI-linked occupations where this condition is central, not a direct measurement of AI use for the condition itself. Shares are weighted by how central the condition is to each role; some conversations are left unclassified by Anthropic's taxonomy, so shares need not sum to 100.

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. "Public Speaking." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27). Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/work-context/public-speaking

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Singulariki. (2026). Public Speaking. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/work-context/public-speaking

BibTeX
@misc{singulariki-public-speaking,
  title  = {Public Speaking},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27). Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/work-context/public-speaking}
}

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