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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accountant or Auditor | Persuading, Organizing |
Accountants and auditors prepare and examine financial records, identify potential areas of opportunity and risk, and provide solutions for businesses and individuals. They ensure that financial records are accurate, that financial and data risks are evaluated, and that taxes are paid properly. They also assess financial operations and work to help ensure that organizations run efficiently. |
$77,250 |
| 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 |
| Actuary | Thinking, Persuading, Organizing |
Actuaries analyze the financial costs of risk and uncertainty. They use mathematics, statistics, and financial theory to assess the risk of potential events, and they help businesses and clients develop policies that minimize the cost of that risk. Actuaries’ work is essential to the insurance industry. |
$105,900 |
| Administrative Services Manager | Persuading, Organizing |
Administrative services and facilities managers plan, direct, and coordinate activities that help an organization run efficiently. The specific responsibilities vary, but these managers typically maintain facilities and supervise activities that include recordkeeping, mail distribution, and office upkeep. In a small organization, they may direct all support services and may be called the business office manager. Large organizations may have several layers of administrative managers who specialize in different areas. |
$99,290 |
| Advertising and Promotions Manager | Creating, Persuading |
Advertising, promotions, and marketing managers plan programs to generate interest in products or services. They work with art directors, advertising sales agents, and financial staff members. |
$133,380 |
| Advertising Sales Agent | Creating, Persuading, Organizing |
Advertising sales agents, also called advertising sales representatives, sell advertising space to businesses and individuals. They contact potential clients, make sales presentations, and maintain client accounts. |
$52,340 |
| 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 |
| Agricultural or Food Scientist | Building, Thinking, Organizing |
Agricultural and food scientists research ways to improve the efficiency and safety of agricultural establishments and products. |
$74,160 |
| Agricultural Worker | Building, Organizing |
Agricultural workers maintain crops and tend livestock. They perform physical labor and operate machinery under the supervision of farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers. |
$29,680 |
| Air Traffic Controller | Persuading, Organizing |
Air traffic controllers coordinate the movement of aircraft, including within the vicinity of airports and between altitude sectors and control centers, so that they maintain safe distances. |
$129,750 |
| Aircraft or Avionics Equipment Mechanic or Technician | Building, Thinking, Organizing |
Aircraft and avionics equipment mechanics and technicians repair and perform scheduled maintenance on aircraft. |
$65,550 |
| Airline or Commercial Pilot | Building, Thinking, Organizing |
Airline and commercial pilots fly and navigate airplanes, helicopters, and other aircraft. |
$134,630 |
| Animal Caretaker, Groomer, or Trainer | Building, Organizing |
Animal care and service workers attend to or train animals. Working with pets and other nonfarm animals, these caretakers and trainers feed, groom, and exercise the animals or teach them to respond to human commands. |
$28,730 |
| Announcer | Creating, Persuading |
Announcers present news and sports or may interview guests on media such as radio and television. Disc jockeys (DJs) act as masters of ceremonies (emcees) or play recorded music at weddings, parties, or clubs. |
$37,500 |
| Anthropologist or Archaeologist | Building, Thinking, Creating |
Anthropologists and archeologists study the origin, development, and behavior of humans. They examine the cultures, languages, archeological remains, and physical characteristics of people in various parts of the world. |
$61,910 |
| 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 |
| Architect | Thinking, Creating |
Architects plan and design houses, factories, office buildings, and other structures. |
$80,180 |
| Architectural or Engineering Manager | Building, Thinking, Persuading |
Architectural and engineering managers plan, direct, and coordinate activities in the fields of architecture and engineering. |
$152,350 |
| Archivist or Curator | Thinking, Persuading, Organizing |
Archivists appraise, process, catalog, and preserve permanent records and historically valuable documents. Curators oversee collections of artwork and historical items and may conduct public service activities for an institution. Museum technicians and conservators prepare and restore objects and documents in museum collections and exhibits. |
$50,120 |
| Art Director | Creating, Persuading |
Art directors are responsible for the visual style and images in magazines, newspapers, product packaging, and movie and television productions. They create the overall design and direct others who develop artwork or layouts. |
$100,890 |