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 |
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Mental Health Counselor or Marriage and Family Therapist | Helping |
Marriage and family therapists help people manage problems with their family and other relationships. |
$49,880 |
Insurance Sales Agent | Helping, Persuading, Organizing |
Insurance sales agents contact potential customers and sell one or more types of insurance. These agents explain various insurance policies and help clients choose the plans that suit them. |
$49,840 |
Meeting or Convention Planner | Helping, Persuading, Organizing |
Meeting, convention, and event planners arrange all aspects of events and professional gatherings. They arrange meeting locations, transportation, and other details. |
$49,470 |
Arbitrator, Mediator, or Conciliator | Helping, Persuading |
Arbitrators, mediators, and conciliators facilitate negotiation and dialogue between disputing parties to help resolve conflicts outside of the court system. |
$49,410 |
Physical Therapist Assistants and Aides | Building, Thinking, Helping |
Physical therapist assistants, sometimes called PTAs, and physical therapist aides work under the direction and supervision of physical therapists. They help patients who are recovering from injuries and illnesses to regain movement and manage pain. Physical therapist assistants are involved in the direct care of patients. Physical therapist aides often have tasks that are indirectly related to patient care, such as cleaning and setting up the treatment area, moving patients, and doing clerical duties. |
$49,180 |
Music Director or Composer | Creating, Helping, Persuading |
Music directors, also called conductors, lead orchestras and other musical groups during performances and recording sessions. Composers write and arrange original music in a variety of musical styles. |
$49,130 |
Interpreter or Translator | Creating, Helping |
Interpreters and translators convert information from one language into another language. Interpreters work in spoken or sign language; translators work in written language. |
$49,110 |
Chemical Technician | Building, Thinking, Organizing |
Chemical technicians use laboratory instruments and techniques to help scientists analyze the properties of materials. |
$48,990 |
Health Educator or Community Health Worker | Helping, Persuading |
Health education specialists teach people about behaviors that promote wellness. They develop strategies to improve the well-being of individuals and communities. Community health workers advocate for residents’ needs with healthcare providers and social service organizations. They implement wellness strategies by collecting data and discussing health concerns with members of specific populations. Although the two occupations often work together, the responsibilities of health education specialists and community health workers are distinct. |
$48,860 |
Actor | Creating, Persuading |
Actors express ideas and portray characters in theater, film, television, and other performing arts media. They interpret a writer’s script to entertain or inform an audience. |
$48,840 |
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 |
Real Estate Broker or Sales Agent | Persuading, Organizing |
Real estate brokers and sales agents help clients buy, sell, and rent properties. Although brokers and agents do similar work, brokers are licensed to manage their own real estate businesses. Sales agents must work with a real estate broker. |
$48,770 |
Diesel Service Technician or Mechanic | Building, Organizing |
Diesel service technicians and mechanics (also known as diesel technicians) inspect, repair, or overhaul buses and trucks, or maintain and repair any type of diesel engine. |
$48,690 |
Heating, Air Conditioning, or Refrigeration Mechanic or Installer | Building, Thinking, Organizing |
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers—often called HVACR technicians—work on heating, ventilation, cooling, and refrigeration systems that control the temperature and air quality in buildings. |
$48,630 |
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors | Thinking, Helping |
Substance abuse, behavioral disorder, and mental health counselors advise people on a range of issues, such as those relating to alcoholism, addictions, or depression. They provide support, including for prevention, to help clients recover from addiction, modify problem behaviors, or improve mental health. |
$48,520 |
Surgical Assistants and Technologists | Building, Helping, Organizing |
Surgical assistants and technologists help with surgical operations. Surgical assistants, also called surgical first assistants, help surgeons with tasks such as making incisions, placing clamps, and closing surgical sites. Surgical technologists, also called operating room technicians, prepare operating rooms, arrange equipment, and help doctors and first assistants during surgeries. |
$48,510 |
Athletic Trainer or Exercise Physiologist | Building, Thinking, Helping |
Athletic trainers specialize in preventing, diagnosing, and treating muscle and bone injuries and illnesses. |
$48,420 |
Environmental Engineering Technician | Building, Thinking, Organizing |
Environmental engineering technologists and technicians carry out the plans that environmental engineers develop. |
$48,390 |
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists | Thinking, Creating, Persuading |
News analysts, reporters, and journalists keep the public updated about current events and noteworthy information. They report international, national, and local news for newspapers, magazines, websites, television, and radio. |
$48,370 |
Drywall or Ceiling Tile Installer, and Taper | Building, Organizing |
Drywall installers and ceiling tile installers hang wallboard and install ceiling tile inside buildings. Tapers prepare the wallboard for painting, using tape and other materials. Many workers both install and tape wallboard. |
$48,350 |