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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fundraiser | Creating, Persuading, Organizing |
Fundraisers organize events and campaigns to raise money and other kinds of donations for an organization. They also may design promotional materials and increase awareness of an organization’s work, goals, and financial needs. |
$60,660 |
| School and Career Counselors and Advisors | Helping |
School counselors help students develop academic and social skills and plans for after graduation. Career counselors and advisors help students and other clients develop skills, explore an occupation, or choose an educational program that will lead to a career. |
$60,510 |
| Mechanical Engineering Technician | Building, Thinking |
Mechanical engineering technologists and technicians help mechanical engineers design, develop, test, and manufacture tools, engines, machines, and other devices. They may make sketches and rough layouts, record and analyze data, and report their findings. |
$60,460 |
| Court Reporter | Persuading, Organizing |
Court reporters create word-for-word transcriptions at trials, depositions, administrative hearings, and other legal proceedings. Simultaneous captioners provide similar transcriptions for television or for presentations in other settings, such as press conferences and business meetings, for people who are deaf or hard of hearing. |
$60,380 |
| Telecommunications Equipment Installer or Repairer | Building, Thinking, Organizing |
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, also known as telecom technicians, set up and maintain devices or equipment that carry communications signals, such as telephone lines and Internet routers. |
$60,370 |
| Electro-mechanical Technician | Building, Thinking, Organizing |
Electro-mechanical and mechatronics technologists and technicians combine knowledge of mechanical technology with knowledge of electrical and electronic circuitry. They operate, test, and maintain unmanned, automated, robotic, or electromechanical equipment. |
$60,360 |
| Film and Video Editor or Camera Operator | Building, Thinking, Creating |
Film and video editors and camera operators manipulate images that entertain or inform an audience. Camera operators capture a wide range of material for television, movies, and other media. Editors arrange footage shot by camera operators and collaborate with producers and directors to create the final content. |
$60,360 |
| Interior Designer | Creating, Persuading |
Interior designers make indoor spaces functional, safe, and beautiful by determining space requirements and selecting essential and decorative items, such as colors, lighting, and materials. They must be able to draw, read, and edit blueprints. They also must be aware of building codes, inspection regulations, and other considerations, such as accessibility standards. |
$60,340 |
| Drafter | Building, Creating |
Drafters use software to convert the designs of architects and engineers into technical drawings. Most workers specialize in architectural, civil, electrical, or mechanical drafting and use technical drawings to help design everything from microchips to skyscrapers. |
$60,290 |
| Probation Officer or Correctional Treatment Specialist | Helping, Persuading, Organizing |
Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists assist in rehabilitating law offenders in custody or on probation or parole. |
$60,250 |
| Industrial Engineering Technician | Building, Thinking, Organizing |
Industrial engineering technologists and technicians help engineers solve problems affecting manufacturing layout or production. They prepare machinery and equipment plans, design workflows, conduct statistical production studies, and analyze production costs. |
$60,220 |
| Electrician | Building, Organizing |
Electricians install, maintain, and repair electrical power, communications, lighting, and control systems in homes, businesses, and factories. |
$60,040 |
| Plumber, Pipefitter, or Steamfitter | Building, Thinking, Organizing |
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters install and repair piping fixtures and systems. |
$59,880 |
| Survey Researcher | Thinking, Persuading, Organizing |
Survey researchers design surveys and analyze data. Surveys are used to collect factual data, such as employment and salary information, or to ask questions in order to understand people’s opinions, preferences, beliefs, or desires. |
$59,740 |
| Food Service Manager | Building, Persuading, Organizing |
Food service managers are responsible for the daily operation of restaurants or other establishments that prepare and serve food and beverages. They direct staff to ensure that customers are satisfied with their dining experience, and they manage the business to ensure that it runs efficiently. |
$59,440 |
| Lodging Manager | Helping, Persuading, Organizing |
Lodging managers ensure that guests have a pleasant experience at a hotel, motel, or other type of facility with accommodations. Lodging managers also plan, direct, or coordinate activities to ensure that the facility is efficient and profitable. |
$59,430 |
| Private Detective or Investigator | Persuading, Organizing |
Private detectives and investigators search for information about legal, financial, and personal matters. They offer many services, such as verifying people’s backgrounds and statements, finding missing persons, and investigating computer crimes. |
$59,380 |
| Industrial Machinery Mechanic or Maintenance Worker or Millwright | Building, Thinking, Organizing |
Industrial machinery mechanics and machinery maintenance workers maintain and repair factory equipment and other industrial machinery, such as conveying systems, production machinery, and packaging equipment. Millwrights install, dismantle, repair, reassemble, and move machinery in factories, power plants, and construction sites. |
$59,380 |
| Property, Real Estate, or Community Association Manager | Persuading, Organizing |
Property, real estate, and community association managers oversee many aspects of residential, commercial, or industrial properties. They ensure that the property is well maintained, has a nice appearance, operates smoothly, and preserves its resale value. |
$59,230 |
| Funeral Service Occupations | Helping, Persuading, Organizing |
Funeral service workers organize and manage the details of a ceremony honoring a deceased person. |
$58,900 |