Career roadmap
How to become a Legislator
Median annual wage for Legislators (11-1031) — BLS OEWS, May 2023.
What you would actually do
The tasks that make up the work of a Legislator, weighted by how central each one is to the job.
- Analyze impact of legal or regulatory changes.
- Hire personnel.
- Confer with organizational members to accomplish work activities.
- Conduct hearings to investigate legal issues.
- Maintain knowledge of current developments in area of expertise.
- Gather customer or product information to determine customer needs.
- Coordinate operational activities with external stakeholders.
- Draft legislation or regulations.
Would this suit you?
Every occupation leans on a particular mix of interests. Here is the mix measured for a Legislator — and our free 2-minute Career Match scores you on the same six.
- Enterprising5.5/7
Persuading, leading, selling, taking commercial risk
- Social3.7/7
Helping, teaching, caring for and working directly with people
- Conventional3.6/7
Ordering, checking, following a precise procedure accurately
- Investigative3.4/7
Investigating, diagnosing, reasoning through problems with evidence
- Artistic2.7/7
Creating, expressing, working without a fixed procedure
- Realistic1.5/7
Hands-on, practical, working with tools, machines or the body
Interest profiles from the O*NET 29.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration. Used under CC BY 4.0.
