# Almost everyone says hands-on skills matter

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> Indexed question in Money & Finance.

## Reading

Physical and manual work registers as valuable to most Americans: 86% rate such work and the use of hand tools as at least somewhat important. That includes 31% who call the skills extremely important, according to an August 2025 Verasight survey.

Below that, 29% land on very important and 26% on somewhat important. About one-in-seven (14%) place little value here, with 10% saying not too important and 3% not at all.

## Topline

Now thinking about workers in general, how important do you think each of the following is for a worker to be successful in today’s economy? Item: The ability to do physical or manual work or use hand tools

Almost everyone says hands-on skills matter.

Net findings combine adjacent response options from the same scale.

- Extremely important: 31.4%
- Very important: 28.9%
- Somewhat important: 26.1%
- Not too important: 10.4%
- Not at all important: 3.2%

## Methodology

- Mode: Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
- Population: US adults age 18+
- Field dates: 2025-07-30 → 2025-08-04
- Base (unweighted): 1,509
- Margin of error: +/- 3.1%
- Module: AI Adoption Survey July 2025
- Sponsor: Verasight
- Weight variable: weight
- Weighting targets: age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status

## Source

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## Citation

AI Adoption Survey July 2025, fielded July 30-August 4, 2025, N=1,509 US adults age 18+, +/- 3.1%.

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