Which Work Styles O*NET Rates Highest for Actuaries

O*NET places attention to detail first among actuary work styles, followed by cautiousness and dependability. This ordering puts careful review and dependability ahead of the other styles listed. Intellectual curiosity comes next, with integrity following it.

Achievement orientation completes this group of the highest-rated styles for actuaries. Taken together, the order gives attention to detail the clearest priority, with cautiousness and dependability immediately behind it. Curiosity, integrity, and achievement orientation also feature prominently, though each ranks below those leading styles.

How Actuary Work Style Ratings Compare With Other Occupations

Actuaries’ Attention to Detail rating is tied for the highest among occupations rated for that style. This places the style at the very top of the cross-occupation comparison, alongside its leading position in the actuary ratings. The comparison gives a distinct view of how strongly this work style is rated for actuaries relative to other occupations.

Cautiousness, Intellectual Curiosity, Achievement Orientation, and Integrity each compare high against other occupations rated for the same style. These comparisons place several of the styles prominent in the actuary ratings high across occupations, though below the tied-highest position for Attention to Detail. Taken together, the comparisons show a strong relative standing for these styles in actuarial work, with Attention to Detail at the top and the other four also high.

Where Empathy Ranks Among Actuary Work Styles

O*NET rates Empathy as the least important of the work styles listed for actuaries. Its rating sits well below the styles placed higher in the occupation’s work-style order. This makes empathy a low-rated style within the set of characteristics used to describe actuarial work.

Empathy also ranks near the bottom when actuaries are compared with other occupations rated for this style. The comparison places actuaries lower than nearly all of those occupations. Together, these rankings show that Empathy has a limited place in the work-style profile assigned to actuaries, both within the occupation’s ratings and across occupations.