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Stress Tolerance

Work style · O*NET

Stress Tolerance 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 cope and function effectively in stressful situations at work." It is rated for 891 occupations and ranks high 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 1.47 Mean across all 891 rated occupations
Range across occupations 0.15–3.00 Lowest to highest occupation score (spread 2.85)
Impact vs. other styles 74th 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
Acute Care Nurses 3.00
Air Traffic Controllers 3.00
Anesthesiologist Assistants 3.00
Anesthesiologists 3.00
Correctional Officers and Jailers 3.00
Critical Care Nurses 3.00
Detectives and Criminal Investigators 3.00
Emergency Management Directors 3.00
Emergency Medical Technicians 3.00
Emergency Medicine Physicians 3.00
Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters 3.00
Firefighters 3.00
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers 3.00
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers 3.00
Nurse Anesthetists 3.00
Paramedics 3.00
Pediatric Surgeons 3.00
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers 3.00
Public Safety Telecommunicators 3.00
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers 2.93
Midwives 2.93
Transit and Railroad Police 2.93
Hospitalists 2.88
Cardiologists 2.67
Commercial Divers 2.67
Commercial Pilots 2.67
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives 2.67
Nuclear Power Reactor Operators 2.67
Forest Fire Inspectors and Prevention Specialists 2.63
Psychiatric Aides 2.63
Nuclear Monitoring Technicians 2.60
Coroners 2.59
Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses 2.55
Airfield Operations Specialists 2.55
Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians 2.55
Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels 2.55
Chief Executives 2.55
Clinical Nurse Specialists 2.55
Customs and Border Protection Officers 2.55
Flight Attendants 2.55
Mental Health Counselors 2.55
Nurse Midwives 2.55
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons 2.55
Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric 2.55
Power Distributors and Dispatchers 2.55
Psychiatric Technicians 2.55
Surgical Assistants 2.55
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers 2.51
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers 2.51
Obstetricians and Gynecologists 2.51
Psychiatrists 2.51
Respiratory Therapists 2.51
Athletes and Sports Competitors 2.47
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists 2.47
Nuclear Technicians 2.47
Nurse Practitioners 2.47
Police Identification and Records Officers 2.47
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists 2.47
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents 2.47
Legislators 2.43

Occupations where this style matters least

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

Occupation Impact
Craft Artists 0.15
Appraisers of Personal and Business Property 0.20
Prepress Technicians and Workers 0.22
File Clerks 0.24
Geological Technicians, Except Hydrologic Technicians 0.29
Sewers, Hand 0.33
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment 0.35
Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products 0.36
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping 0.38
Helpers--Production Workers 0.40
Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic 0.40
Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers 0.40
Etchers and Engravers 0.41
Paperhangers 0.41
Shoe Machine Operators and Tenders 0.41
Upholsterers 0.41
Shampooers 0.43
Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers 0.44
Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers 0.44
Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators 0.44
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 0.44
Model Makers, Wood 0.44
Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers 0.44
Patternmakers, Wood 0.44
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers 0.46
Office Machine Operators, Except Computer 0.46
Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 0.46
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand 0.48
Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendants 0.48
Potters, Manufacturing 0.48
Data Entry Keyers 0.49
Historians 0.49
Tapers 0.49
Word Processors and Typists 0.49
Fishing and Hunting Workers 0.51
Packers and Packagers, Hand 0.51
Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials 0.52
Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles 0.53
Floor Sanders and Finishers 0.53
Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians 0.53
Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers 0.53
Timing Device Assemblers and Adjusters 0.53
Cutters and Trimmers, Hand 0.55
Furniture Finishers 0.55
Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons 0.55
Machine Feeders and Offbearers 0.55
Print Binding and Finishing Workers 0.55
Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators 0.56
Sewing Machine Operators 0.56
Fence Erectors 0.58
Mechanical Drafters 0.58
Terrazzo Workers and Finishers 0.58
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 0.60
Log Graders and Scalers 0.60
Stone Cutters and Carvers, Manufacturing 0.60
Archivists 0.62
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters 0.62
Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners 0.62
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service 0.64
Watch and Clock Repairers 0.64

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. "Stress Tolerance." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/work-styles/stress-tolerance

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Stress Tolerance. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/work-styles/stress-tolerance

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-stress-tolerance,
  title  = {Stress Tolerance},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/work-styles/stress-tolerance}
}

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