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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chef or Head Cook | Building, Creating, Persuading |
Chefs and head cooks oversee the daily food preparation at restaurants and other places where food is served. They direct kitchen staff and handle any food-related concerns. |
$50,160 |
| Cashier | Persuading, Organizing |
Cashiers process payments from customers purchasing goods and services. |
$27,260 |
| Cartographer or Photogrammetrist | Building, Thinking, Organizing |
Cartographers and photogrammetrists collect, measure, and interpret geographic information in order to create and update maps and charts for regional planning, education, and other purposes. |
$68,900 |
| Carpenter | Building, Thinking, Organizing |
Carpenters construct, repair, and install building frameworks and structures made from wood and other materials. |
$48,260 |
| Career or Technical Education Teacher | Building, Helping |
Career and technical education (CTE) teachers provide training in subjects such as auto repair, cosmetology, and culinary arts. They teach vocational and technical content to give students the skills and knowledge necessary to enter an occupation. |
$61,160 |
| Butcher or Meat Cutter | Building, Persuading, Organizing |
Butchers cut, trim, and package meat for retail sale. |
$36,050 |
| Bus Driver | Building, Helping |
Passenger vehicle drivers transport people, sometimes across state and national borders. Some drive regular routes, while others’ destinations vary daily. They operate a range of vehicles, from small cars with limited seating to 60-foot articulated buses (with two connected sections) that can carry more than 100 passengers. |
$37,540 |
| Budget Analyst | Thinking, Persuading, Organizing |
Budget analysts help public and private organizations plan their finances. They prepare budget reports and monitor organizational spending. |
$79,940 |
| Broadcast or Sound Engineering Technician | Building, Thinking, Organizing |
Broadcast, sound, and video technicians set up, operate, and maintain the electrical equipment for radio programs, television broadcasts, concerts, sound recordings, and movies. |
$48,790 |
| 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 |
| Boilermaker | Building, Organizing |
Boilermakers assemble, install, maintain, and repair boilers, closed vats, and other large vessels or containers that hold liquids and gases. |
$64,290 |
| Biomedical Engineer | Building, Thinking |
Bioengineers and biomedical engineers combine engineering principles with sciences to design and create equipment, devices, computer systems, and software. |
$97,410 |
| Biological Technician | Building, Thinking, Organizing |
Biological technicians help biological and medical scientists conduct laboratory tests and experiments. |
$48,140 |
| Biochemist or Biophysicist | Building, Thinking, Creating |
Biochemists and biophysicists study the chemical and physical principles of living things and of biological processes, such as cell development, growth, heredity, and disease. |
$102,270 |
| Bill or Account Collector | Persuading, Organizing |
Bill and account collectors try to recover payment on overdue bills. They negotiate repayment plans with debtors and help them find solutions to make paying their overdue bills easier. |
$37,700 |
| Bartender | Helping, Persuading |
Bartenders mix drinks and serve them directly to customers or through wait staff. |
$26,350 |
| Barber, Hairdresser, or Cosmetologist | Creating, Helping, Persuading |
Barbers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists provide haircutting, hairstyling, and other services related to personal appearance. |
$29,680 |
| Baker | Building, Organizing |
Bakers mix ingredients according to recipes in order to make breads, pastries, and other baked goods. |
$29,750 |
| 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 |
| Automotive Body or Glass Repairer | Building, Persuading, Organizing |
Automotive body and glass repairers restore, refinish, and replace vehicle bodies and frames, windshields, and window glass. |
$47,020 |