---
title: "Appendix"
description: "[![Occupational skills and their importance rating, 2018](https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/01/PSDT_01.30.20_appendixlarge.png)](https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/?attachment_id=27888)"
date: "2020-01-30"
authors:
  - name: "Rakesh Kochhar"
    job_title: "Former Senior Researcher"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/rakesh-kochhar/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2020/01/30/appendix-4-2/"
categories:
  - "Business & Workplace"
  - "Economics, Work & Gender"
  - "Education"
  - "Education & Gender"
  - "Gender"
  - "Gender & LGBTQ"
  - "Gender & Work"
  - "Gender Pay Gap"
  - "STEM Education & Workforce"
---

# Appendix

[![Occupational skills and their importance rating, 2018](https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/01/PSDT_01.30.20_appendixlarge.png)](https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/?attachment_id=27888)

[![The 25 occupations receiving the highest importance rating on social skills in 2018](https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/01/PSDT_01.30.20_jobskills-appendix0.png)](https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/?attachment_id=27887)

[![The 25 occupations receiving the highest importance rating on fundamental skills in 2018](https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/01/PSDT_01.30.20_jobskills-appendix1.png)](https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/?attachment_id=27886)

[![The 25 occupations receiving the highest importance rating on analytical skills in 2018](https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/01/PSDT_01.30.20_jobskills-appendix2.png)](https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/?attachment_id=27885)

[![The 25 occupations receiving the highest importance rating on managerial skills in 2018](https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/01/PSDT_01.30.20_jobskills-appendix3.png)](https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/?attachment_id=27884)

[![The 25 occupations receiving the highest importance rating on mechanical skills in 2018](https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/01/PSDT_01.30.20_jobskills-appendix4.png)](https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/?attachment_id=27883)

[![The top 25 occupations in terms of employment among jobs ranked as most important users of social skills in 2018](https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/01/PSDT_01.30.20_jobskills-appendix5.png)](https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/?attachment_id=27882)

[![The top 25 occupations in terms of employment among jobs ranked as most important users of fundamental skills in 2018](https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/01/PSDT_01.30.20_jobskills-appendix6.png)](https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/?attachment_id=27881)

[![The top 25 occupations in terms of employment among jobs ranked as most important users of analytical skills in 2018](https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/01/PSDT_01.30.20_jobskills-appendix7.png)](https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/?attachment_id=27880)

[![The top 25 occupations in terms of employment among jobs ranked as most important users of managerial skills in 2018](https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/01/PSDT_01.30.20_jobskills-appendix8.png)](https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/?attachment_id=27879)

[![The top 25 occupations in terms of employment among jobs ranked as most important users of mechanical skills in 2018](https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/01/PSDT_01.30.20_jobskills-appendix9.png)](https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/?attachment_id=27878)