This tool will help you to browse careers that suit your personality type, based on the 16-type model created by Isabel Briggs Myers, as well as your Holland code. If you don't know your personality type or Holland Codes, you can take a personality test and/or career quiz to figure it out!
You can click on some of the table headers (for example, Average Earnings) to sort your results by that value.
| Title | Holland Code | Summary |
Median Pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nursing Assistant or Orderly | Building, Helping |
Nursing assistants, sometimes called nursing aides, provide basic care and help patients with activities of daily living. Orderlies transport patients and clean treatment areas. |
$30,290 |
| Preschool Teacher | Creating, Helping |
Preschool teachers educate and care for children younger than age 5 who have not yet entered kindergarten. They teach language, motor, and social skills to young children. |
$30,210 |
| Medical Transcriptionist | Building, Organizing |
Medical transcriptionists, sometimes referred to as healthcare documentation specialists, use electronic devices to convert voice recordings from physicians and other healthcare workers into formal reports. Transcriptionists also may edit medical records for accuracy and return documents for review and approval. |
$30,100 |
| Receptionist | Helping, Persuading, Organizing |
Receptionists do administrative tasks, such as answering phones, greeting visitors, and providing general information about their organization. |
$29,950 |
| Floral Designer | Building, Creating, Persuading |
Floral designers, also called florists, arrange live, dried, and silk flowers and greenery to make decorative displays. They also help customers select flowers and containers, ribbons, and other accessories. |
$29,880 |
| Veterinary Assistant or Laboratory Animal Caretaker | Building, Thinking, Helping |
Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers handle routine animal care and help scientists, veterinarians, and veterinary technologists and technicians with their daily tasks. |
$29,780 |
| Janitor or Building Cleaner | Building, Organizing |
Janitors and building cleaners keep many types of buildings clean, sanitary, orderly, and in good condition. |
$29,760 |
| Baker | Building, Organizing |
Bakers mix ingredients according to recipes in order to make breads, pastries, and other baked goods. |
$29,750 |
| Recreation Worker | Helping, Persuading |
Recreation workers design and lead activities to help people stay active, improve fitness, and have fun. They work with groups in summer camps, fitness and recreational sports centers, nursing care facilities, nature parks, and other settings. They may lead such activities as arts and crafts, sports, music, dramatics, or games. |
$29,680 |
| Barber, Hairdresser, or Cosmetologist | Creating, Helping, Persuading |
Barbers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists provide haircutting, hairstyling, and other services related to personal appearance. |
$29,680 |
| Agricultural Worker | Building, Organizing |
Agricultural workers maintain crops and tend livestock. They perform physical labor and operate machinery under the supervision of farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers. |
$29,680 |
| Home Health Aide | Building, Helping |
Home health and personal care aides monitor the condition of people with disabilities or chronic illnesses and help them with daily living activities. They often help older adults who need assistance. Under the direction of a nurse or other healthcare practitioner, home health aides may be allowed to give a client medication or to check the client’s vital signs. |
$29,430 |
| Home Health and Personal Care Aides | Building, Helping, Organizing |
Home health and personal care aides monitor the condition of people with disabilities or chronic illnesses and help them with daily living activities. They often help older adults who need assistance. Under the direction of a nurse or other healthcare practitioner, home health aides may be allowed to give a client medication or to check the client’s vital signs. |
$29,430 |
| Teacher Assistant | Helping, Organizing |
Teacher assistants work with a licensed teacher to give students additional attention and instruction. |
$29,360 |
| Manicurist or Pedicurist | Building, Helping, Persuading |
Manicurists and pedicurists clean, shape, and beautify fingernails and toenails. |
$29,210 |
| Retail Sales Worker | Persuading, Organizing |
Retail sales workers help customers find products they want and process customers’ payments. There are two types of retail sales workers: retail salespersons, who sell retail merchandise, such as clothing, furniture, and automobiles; and parts salespersons, who sell spare and replacement parts and equipment, especially car parts. |
$29,180 |
| Gambling Services Workers | Building, Persuading, Organizing |
Gambling services workers serve customers in gambling establishments, such as casinos or racetracks. Some workers tend slot machines or deal cards. Others take bets or pay out winnings. Still others supervise or manage gambling workers and operations. |
$29,120 |
| Cook | Building, Persuading, Organizing |
Cooks season and prepare foods, including soups, salads, entrees, and desserts. |
$29,120 |
| Food Preparation Worker | Building, Organizing |
Food preparation workers perform a variety of tasks other than cooking. Their duties include preparing cold foods, slicing meat, peeling and cutting vegetables, brewing coffee or tea, and doing many other food service tasks. |
$28,780 |
| Animal Caretaker, Groomer, or Trainer | Building, Organizing |
Animal care and service workers attend to or train animals. Working with pets and other nonfarm animals, these caretakers and trainers feed, groom, and exercise the animals or teach them to respond to human commands. |
$28,730 |