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!
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| Title | Holland Code | Summary |
Median Pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| Military | Building, Persuading, Organizing |
Members of the U.S. military service maintain the U.S. national defense. Although some service members work in occupations specific to the military, such as fighter pilots or infantrymen, many work in occupations that also exist in the civilian workplace, such as nurses, doctors, and lawyers. Members serve in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard, or in the Reserve components of these branches, and in the Air National Guard and Army National Guard. (The Coast Guard, which is included in this profile, is part of the Department of Homeland Security.) |
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| Food and Beverage Serving or Related Worker | Building, Persuading, Organizing |
Food and beverage serving and related workers perform a variety of customer service, food preparation, and cleaning duties in restaurants, cafeterias, and other eating and drinking establishments. |
$21,750 |
| Waiter or Waitress | Helping, Persuading, Organizing |
Waiters and waitresses take orders and serve food and beverages to customers in dining establishments. |
$22,890 |
| Teacher Assistant | Helping, Organizing |
Teacher assistants work with a licensed teacher to give students additional attention and instruction. |
$22,920 |
| Gaming Services Worker | Building, Persuading, Organizing |
Gaming 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 gaming workers and operations. |
$23,520 |
| Cashier | Persuading, Organizing |
Cashiers process payments from customers purchasing goods and services. |
$23,650 |
| Bartender | Helping, Persuading |
Bartenders mix drinks and serve them directly to customers or through wait staff. |
$23,680 |
| Home Health Aide | Building, Helping |
Home health aides and personal care aides help people with disabilities, chronic illness, or cognitive impairment by assisting in their daily living activities. They often help older adults who need assistance. Home health aides may be able to give a client medication or check the client’s vital signs under the direction of a nurse or other healthcare practitioner. |
$24,060 |
| Personal Care Aide | Building, Helping, Organizing |
Home health aides and personal care aides help people with disabilities, chronic illness, or cognitive impairment by assisting in their daily living activities. They often help older adults who need assistance. Home health aides may be able to give a client medication or check the client’s vital signs under the direction of a nurse or other healthcare practitioner. |
$24,060 |
| Child Care Worker | Creating, Helping |
Childcare workers attend to the basic needs of children, such as dressing, feeding, and overseeing play. They may help younger children prepare for kindergarten or assist older children with homework. |
$24,230 |
| Food Preparation Worker | Building, Organizing |
Food preparation workers perform many routine tasks under the direction of cooks, chefs, or food service managers. Food preparation workers prepare cold foods, slice meat, peel and cut vegetables, brew coffee or tea, and perform many other food service tasks. |
$24,800 |
| Animal Caretaker, Groomer, or Trainer | Building, Organizing |
Animal care and service workers attend to animals. They feed, groom, bathe, and exercise pets and other nonfarm animals. |
$24,990 |
| 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. |
$25,440 |
| Manicurist or Pedicurist | Building, Helping, Persuading |
Manicurists and pedicurists clean, shape, and beautify fingernails and toenails. |
$25,770 |
| Agricultural Worker | Building, Organizing |
Agricultural workers maintain crops and tend to livestock. They perform physical labor and operate machinery under the supervision of farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers. |
$25,840 |
| Taxi Driver or Chauffeur | Building, Persuading |
Taxi drivers, ride-hailing drivers, and chauffeurs drive people to and from the places they need to go, such as homes, workplaces, airports, and shopping centers. They must be familiar with city streets and locations to take passengers to their destinations. |
$25,980 |
| Barber, Hairdresser, or Cosmetologist | Creating, Helping, Persuading |
Barbers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists provide haircutting, hairstyling, and a range of other beauty services. |
$26,270 |
| 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. |
$26,350 |
| Cook | Building, Persuading, Organizing |
Cooks prepare, season, and cook a wide range of foods, which may include soups, salads, entrees, and desserts. |
$26,360 |
| Janitor or Building Cleaner | Building, Organizing |
Janitors and building cleaners keep many types of buildings clean, orderly, and in good condition. |
$27,430 |