What O*NET is

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.

Learnerside 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.