Spend Time Keeping or Regaining Balance
Work context · O*NET
Spend Time Keeping or Regaining Balance 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 Physical Work Conditions. O*NET defines it by asking workers: "How much does this job require keeping or regaining your balance?." It is rated for 893 occupations, which average 1.61 out of 5 (low 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 | 1.61 / 5 | Mean across all 893 rated occupations |
| Range across occupations | 1.00–4.25 | Lowest to highest occupation rating (spread 3.25) |
| Intensity vs. other dimensions | 10th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dancers | 4.25 | |
| Solar Photovoltaic Installers | 4.08 | |
| Choreographers | 4.05 | |
| Electricians | 3.85 | |
| Wind Turbine Service Technicians | 3.70 | |
| Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers | 3.46 | |
| Fallers | 3.42 | |
| Fishing and Hunting Workers | 3.40 | |
| Structural Iron and Steel Workers | 3.40 | |
| Driver/Sales Workers | 3.38 | |
| Roof Bolters, Mining | 3.37 | |
| Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors | 3.35 | |
| Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers | 3.17 | |
| Painters, Construction and Maintenance | 3.15 | |
| Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas | 3.14 | |
| Athletes and Sports Competitors | 3.12 | |
| Hoist and Winch Operators | 3.12 | |
| Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists | 3.09 | |
| Brickmasons and Blockmasons | 3.05 | |
| Flight Attendants | 3.05 | |
| Sailors and Marine Oilers | 3.05 | |
| Models | 3.04 | |
| Solar Thermal Installers and Technicians | 2.99 | |
| Nursing Assistants | 2.97 | |
| Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall | 2.96 |
Occupations where it's lowest
The occupations that rate this condition weakest — where it is rarely part of the work.
How AI is used by roles where spend time keeping or regaining balance 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). 54.5% of the 22 occupations where this condition is present carry observed AI-usage data (12 roles).
Across those roles, 45.7% of AI conversations are people working with AI and 23.5% hand a task to AI , with an average autonomy of 3.80 / 5.
| Collaboration pattern | Share | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| learning | 27.5% | you ask AI to explain or teach |
| directive | 17.3% | AI does it; you give the instruction |
| task iteration | 16.9% | you and AI go back and forth |
| feedback loop | 6.1% | AI does it, then adjusts from your feedback |
| validation | 1.3% | you do it; AI checks your work |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Choreographers | 4.0 | 54.5% | 4.0/5 |
| Solar Photovoltaic Installers | 4.1 | 47.2% | 4.0/5 |
| Driver/Sales Workers | 3.4 | 46.4% | 3.5/5 |
| Electricians | 3.9 | 34.3% | 3.8/5 |
| Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors | 3.4 | 77.0% | 4.0/5 |
| Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers | 3.5 | 58.2% | 4.0/5 |
| Flight Attendants | 3.0 | 44.0% | 3.0/5 |
| Athletes and Sports Competitors | 3.1 | — | 4.0/5 |
| Painters, Construction and Maintenance | 3.1 | — | — |
| Structural Iron and Steel Workers | 3.4 | — | — |
| Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists | 3.1 | — | — |
| Service Unit Operators, Oil, Gas, and Mining | 3.1 | — | — |
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.
- O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
- Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.
Cite this page
Singulariki. "Spend Time Keeping or Regaining Balance." 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/spend-time-keeping-or-regaining-balance
Singulariki. (2026). Spend Time Keeping or Regaining Balance. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/work-context/spend-time-keeping-or-regaining-balance
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