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Self-Confidence

Work style · O*NET

Self-Confidence is one of O*NET's work styles — the personality tendencies people bring to a job that affect how well the work is done , grouped under Proactive and Growth Oriented. O*NET describes it as: "A tendency to believe in one's work-related capabilities and ability to control one's work-related outcomes." It is rated for 891 occupations and ranks moderate among work styles by how much it matters on average.

How it's measured

O*NET scores each occupation on this work style with a Work Styles Impact (WI) value — higher means the style matters more to doing the work well. The figures here are those occupation-level scores: a description of which jobs lean on this trait, not a judgment about pay, difficulty, or whether a job is "good," and not a claim about any individual worker.

Economy-wide average 1.22 Mean across all 891 rated occupations
Range across occupations -0.10–2.69 Lowest to highest occupation score (spread 2.79)
Impact vs. other styles 50th pct Where this style's average ranks among all O*NET work styles

Occupations where this style matters most

The occupations that score this work style strongest.

Occupation Impact
Chief Executives 2.69
Athletes and Sports Competitors 2.56
Actors 2.48
Air Traffic Controllers 2.44
Emergency Medicine Physicians 2.44
Legislators 2.44
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents 2.44
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers 2.40
Commercial Pilots 2.40
Public Relations Managers 2.40
Sales Managers 2.40
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products 2.40
Coaches and Scouts 2.36
Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers 2.36
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers 2.36
Musicians and Singers 2.36
Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric 2.36
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products 2.36
Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials 2.36
Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes 2.32
Emergency Management Directors 2.32
Firefighters 2.32
Pediatric Surgeons 2.32
Producers and Directors 2.32
Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys 2.28
General and Operations Managers 2.28
Models 2.28
Real Estate Brokers 2.28
Advertising Sales Agents 2.24
Advertising and Promotions Managers 2.24
Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels 2.24
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 2.24
Investment Fund Managers 2.24
Music Directors and Composers 2.24
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons 2.24
Public Relations Specialists 2.24
Insurance Sales Agents 2.20
Marketing Managers 2.20
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers 2.20
Sales Engineers 2.20
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel 2.20
Anesthesiologists 2.16
Architectural and Engineering Managers 2.16
Art Directors 2.16
Emergency Medical Technicians 2.16
Information Technology Project Managers 2.16
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates 2.16
Lawyers 2.16
Real Estate Sales Agents 2.16
Choreographers 2.12
Purchasing Managers 2.12
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives 2.09
Project Management Specialists 2.09
Construction Managers 2.05
Education Administrators, Postsecondary 2.05
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers 2.05
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists 2.05
Labor Relations Specialists 2.05
Nurse Anesthetists 2.05
Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers 2.01

Occupations where this style matters least

The occupations that score this work style weakest — where it is least central to the work.

Occupation Impact
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers -0.10
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers -0.03
Dishwashers -0.02
Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products -0.02
Data Entry Keyers 0.00
File Clerks 0.00
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment 0.02
Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers 0.02
Packers and Packagers, Hand 0.02
Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders 0.03
Embalmers 0.03
Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials 0.03
Machine Feeders and Offbearers 0.05
Food Preparation Workers 0.07
Helpers--Production Workers 0.07
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 0.07
Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators 0.07
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service 0.09
Word Processors and Typists 0.10
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 0.12
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand 0.12
Office Machine Operators, Except Computer 0.12
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders 0.12
Shoe Machine Operators and Tenders 0.13
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers 0.15
Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters 0.15
Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons 0.15
Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendants 0.15
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 0.16
Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders 0.16
Sewing Machine Operators 0.17
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping 0.17
Helpers--Extraction Workers 0.19
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors 0.21
Slaughterers and Meat Packers 0.21
Personal Care Aides 0.22
Conveyor Operators and Tenders 0.24
Cutters and Trimmers, Hand 0.24
Foundry Mold and Coremakers 0.24
Helpers--Carpenters 0.25
Helpers--Roofers 0.25
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 0.27
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 0.29
Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders 0.29
Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 0.29
Cooks, Fast Food 0.30
Orderlies 0.30
Fishing and Hunting Workers 0.32
Pest Control Workers 0.32
Rock Splitters, Quarry 0.32
Billing and Posting Clerks 0.34
Fast Food and Counter Workers 0.34
Medical Records Specialists 0.34
Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic 0.34
Tapers 0.34
Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 0.34
Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators 0.35
Print Binding and Finishing Workers 0.35
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks 0.35
Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 0.37

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

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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Singulariki. "Self-Confidence." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/work-styles/self-confidence

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Self-Confidence. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/work-styles/self-confidence

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-self-confidence,
  title  = {Self-Confidence},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/work-styles/self-confidence}
}

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