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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surveying or Mapping Technician | Building, Organizing |
Surveying and mapping technicians collect data and make maps of the Earth’s surface. Surveying technicians visit sites to take measurements of the land. Mapping technicians use geographic data to create maps. They both assist surveyors, and cartographers and photogrammetrists. |
$46,910 |
| Desktop Publisher | Creating, Organizing |
Desktop publishers use computer software to design page layouts for newspapers, books, brochures, and other items that are printed or published online. |
$46,910 |
| Automotive Service Technician or Mechanic | Building, Thinking |
Automotive service technicians and mechanics, often called service technicians or service techs, inspect, maintain, and repair cars and light trucks. |
$46,880 |
| Insulation Worker | Building |
Insulation workers, also called insulators, install and replace the materials used to insulate buildings or mechanical systems. |
$46,760 |
| Public Safety Telecommunicators | Building, Persuading, Organizing |
Public safety telecommunicators, including 911 operators and fire dispatchers, answer emergency and nonemergency calls and provide resources to assist those in need. |
$46,670 |
| Jeweler or Precious Stone and Metal Worker | Building, Creating |
Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers design, construct, adjust, repair, appraise and sell jewelry. |
$46,640 |
| Logging Worker | Building, Thinking, Organizing |
Logging workers harvest thousands of acres of forests each year. The timber they harvest provides the raw material for countless consumer and industrial products. |
$46,330 |
| Hazardous Material Removal Worker | Building, Organizing |
Hazardous materials (hazmat) removal workers identify and dispose of harmful substances, such as asbestos, lead, mold, and radioactive waste. They also neutralize and clean up materials that are flammable, corrosive, or toxic. |
$46,300 |
| Painters, Construction and Maintenance | Building, Organizing |
Painters apply paint, stain, and coatings to walls and ceilings, buildings, large machinery and equipment, and bridges and other structures. |
$45,590 |
| Bookkeeping, Accounting, or Auditing Clerk | Persuading, Organizing |
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks produce financial records for organizations. They record financial transactions, update statements, and check financial records for accuracy. |
$45,560 |
| Financial Clerk | Persuading, Organizing |
Financial clerks do administrative work for many types of organizations. They keep records, help customers, and carry out transactions that involve money. |
$44,760 |
| Agricultural or Food Science Technician | Building, Thinking, Organizing |
Agricultural and food science technicians assist agricultural and food scientists by performing duties such as measuring and analyzing the quality of food and agricultural products. Duties range from performing agricultural labor with added recordkeeping duties to laboratory testing with significant amounts of office work, depending on the particular field the technician works in. |
$44,700 |
| Travel Agent | Persuading, Organizing |
Travel agents sell transportation, lodging, and admission to entertainment activities to individuals and groups planning trips. They offer advice on destinations, plan trip itineraries, and make travel arrangements for clients. |
$43,810 |
| General Maintenance or Repair Worker | Building, Thinking, Organizing |
General maintenance and repair workers fix and maintain machines, mechanical equipment, and buildings. They paint, repair flooring, and work on plumbing, electrical, and air-conditioning and heating systems. |
$43,180 |
| Fitness Trainer or Instructor | Building, Helping, Persuading |
Fitness trainers and instructors lead, instruct, and motivate individuals or groups in exercise activities, including cardiovascular workouts (for the heart and blood circulation), strength training, and stretching. They work with people of all ages and skill levels. |
$40,700 |
| Dancer or Choreographer | Building, Creating |
Dancers and choreographers use dance performances to express ideas and stories. There are many types of dance, such as ballet, tango, modern dance, tap, and jazz. |
$40,500 |
| Medical Records or Health Information Technician | Persuading, Organizing |
Medical records and health information technicians, commonly referred to as health information technicians, organize and manage health information data by ensuring that it maintains its quality, accuracy, accessibility, and security in both paper files and electronic systems. They use various classification systems to code and categorize patient information for insurance reimbursement purposes, for databases and registries, and to maintain patients’ medical and treatment histories. |
$40,350 |
| Secretary or Administrative Assistant | Persuading, Organizing |
Secretaries and administrative assistants do routine clerical and organizational tasks. They arrange files, prepare documents, schedule appointments, and support other staff. |
$39,680 |
| Dental or Ophthalmic Laboratory Technician or Medical Appliance Technician | Building, Organizing |
Dental and ophthalmic laboratory technicians and medical appliance technicians make or repair dentures, eyeglasses, prosthetics, and related products. |
$39,090 |
| Small Engine Mechanic | Building, Organizing |
Small engine mechanics inspect, service, and repair motorized power equipment. Mechanics often specialize in one type of equipment, such as motorcycles, motorboats, or outdoor power equipment. |
$39,050 |