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Self-Control

Work style · O*NET

Self-Control 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 Emotionally Resilient. O*NET describes it as: "A tendency to remain calm and composed and to manage emotions effectively in response to criticism or difficult situations at work." 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 1.41 Mean across all 891 rated occupations
Range across occupations -0.17–3.00 Lowest to highest occupation score (spread 3.17)
Impact vs. other styles 60th 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
Air Traffic Controllers 3.00
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers 3.00
Commercial Pilots 3.00
Emergency Medical Technicians 3.00
Emergency Medicine Physicians 3.00
Firefighters 3.00
Paramedics 3.00
Public Safety Telecommunicators 3.00
Acute Care Nurses 2.63
Anesthesiologist Assistants 2.63
Anesthesiologists 2.63
Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators 2.63
Critical Care Nurses 2.63
Emergency Management Directors 2.63
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers 2.63
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers 2.63
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives 2.63
Flight Attendants 2.63
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates 2.63
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers 2.63
Nuclear Power Reactor Operators 2.63
Nuclear Technicians 2.63
Nurse Anesthetists 2.63
Pediatric Surgeons 2.63
Police Identification and Records Officers 2.63
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers 2.63
Psychiatric Aides 2.63
Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials 2.63
Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers 2.59
Cardiologists 2.59
Correctional Officers and Jailers 2.59
Midwives 2.59
Psychiatrists 2.59
Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses 2.55
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists 2.55
Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters 2.55
Forest Fire Inspectors and Prevention Specialists 2.55
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists 2.55
Transit and Railroad Police 2.55
Airfield Operations Specialists 2.50
Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians 2.50
Bailiffs 2.50
Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels 2.50
Customs and Border Protection Officers 2.50
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers 2.50
Nuclear Engineers 2.50
Nurse Midwives 2.50
Nurse Practitioners 2.50
Obstetricians and Gynecologists 2.50
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons 2.50
Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric 2.50
Psychiatric Technicians 2.50
Special Education Teachers, Elementary School 2.50
Surgical Assistants 2.50
Surgical Technologists 2.50
Family Medicine Physicians 2.46
General Internal Medicine Physicians 2.46
Marriage and Family Therapists 2.46
Mental Health Counselors 2.46
Neurologists 2.46

Occupations where this style matters least

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

Occupation Impact
Poets, Lyricists and Creative Writers -0.17
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers -0.05
Tapers -0.01
Conveyor Operators and Tenders 0.02
Packers and Packagers, Hand 0.10
Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials 0.14
Computer Programmers 0.19
Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products 0.21
Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers 0.26
Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators 0.26
Machine Feeders and Offbearers 0.28
Shoe Machine Operators and Tenders 0.28
Patternmakers, Wood 0.29
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 0.31
File Clerks 0.33
Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic 0.33
Upholsterers 0.33
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment 0.35
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 0.37
Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders 0.39
Desktop Publishers 0.39
Mechanical Drafters 0.39
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping 0.39
Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers 0.41
Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles 0.41
Log Graders and Scalers 0.41
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders 0.41
Sewers, Hand 0.41
Sewing Machine Operators 0.41
Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 0.41
Bioinformatics Scientists 0.42
Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders 0.42
Helpers--Production Workers 0.42
Statisticians 0.42
Cutters and Trimmers, Hand 0.44
Data Entry Keyers 0.44
Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers 0.44
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service 0.44
Mathematicians 0.44
Statistical Assistants 0.44
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists 0.46
Floor Sanders and Finishers 0.46
Geodetic Surveyors 0.46
Paperhangers 0.46
Terrazzo Workers and Finishers 0.46
Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 0.46
Bioinformatics Technicians 0.48
Fence Erectors 0.48
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand 0.48
Rock Splitters, Quarry 0.48
Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic 0.51
Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers 0.51
Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 0.51
Word Processors and Typists 0.51
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers 0.53
Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons 0.53
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers 0.53
Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators 0.53
Precision Agriculture Technicians 0.53
Print Binding and Finishing Workers 0.53

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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Plain

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

APA

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

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

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