glossary

What O*NET is

The U.S. occupational database describing the tasks, skills, and preparation level of hundreds of occupations.

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The U.S. occupational database describing the tasks, skills, and preparation level of hundreds of occupations.

What it means

ONET is the Occupational Information Network, a free database developed under the U.S. Department of Labor by the National Center for ONET Development.

For each occupation it records structured detail: the tasks people perform, the skills and knowledge involved, work activities, interests, and a preparation level called a job zone.

RoleMath uses O*NET to describe what a role actually involves and which skills tend to matter for it, so the picture is grounded in an official occupational source.

ONET describes occupations, not individuals. It does not rank people, and it does not promise placement, so we never present an ONET profile as a hiring decision.

ONET also does not publish personal pay, so any wage context comes separately from BLS and is never attached to an ONET skill as an earnings claim.

Core source records

This table lists the page’s core content records and when they were checked. Claim-specific citations appear beside the relevant text and may not be repeated here.

IDSupportsSourceChecked
CIT-01O*NET is the public occupational database of skills, tasks, and job zonesNational Center for O*NET Development — O*NET Database2026-06-07
CIT-02O*NET OnLine provides occupation profile pages for verificationNational Center for O*NET Development — O*NET OnLine2026-06-07

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