What could you become?

    Start from what you enjoy. Each career shows national pay and job outlook from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the skills it uses, and the majors and colleges whose graduates earn well in it. 1,016 careers listed, and search matches 26,000+ job titles.

    Data verified Nov 2026 · CollegesRef 2026–27 edition

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    Showing careers strongest in Investigative.

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    262 careers match your filter

    • Bright outlook

      Healthcare practitioners

      Acute Care Nurses

      Median pay
      $97,550
      Outlook
      Faster than average

      Bachelor's degree

      • Critical Thinking
      • Reading Comprehension
      • Service Orientation
    • Bright outlook

      Healthcare practitioners

      Clinical Nurse Specialists

      Median pay
      $97,550
      Outlook
      Faster than average

      Bachelor's degree

      • Speaking
      • Active Learning
      • Critical Thinking
    • Bright outlook

      Healthcare practitioners

      Critical Care Nurses

      Median pay
      $97,550
      Outlook
      Faster than average

      Bachelor's degree

      • Monitoring
      • Active Listening
      • Critical Thinking

    • Science

      Hydrologists

      Median pay
      $96,600
      Outlook
      Slower than average

      Bachelor's degree

      • Critical Thinking
      • Active Listening
      • Complex Problem Solving

    • Science

      School Psychologists

      Median pay
      $95,990
      Outlook
      Little or no change

      Master's degree

      • Reading Comprehension
      • Speaking
      • Active Listening
    • Bright outlook

      Healthcare practitioners

      Audiologists

      Median pay
      $95,780
      Outlook
      Much faster than average

      Doctoral or professional degree

      • Active Listening
      • Reading Comprehension
      • Active Learning

    • Protective service

      Intelligence Analysts

      Median pay
      $93,790
      Outlook
      Little or no change

      High school diploma

      • Reading Comprehension
      • Active Listening
      • Critical Thinking

    • Computers and math

      Web Developers

      Median pay
      $92,650
      Outlook
      As fast as average

      Bachelor's degree

      • Programming
      • Critical Thinking
      • Complex Problem Solving
    • Bright outlook

      Science

      Chemists

      Median pay
      $91,240
      Outlook
      Faster than average

      Bachelor's degree

      • Science
      • Critical Thinking
      • Reading Comprehension

    • Science

      Urban and Regional Planners

      Median pay
      $89,320
      Outlook
      As fast as average

      Master's degree

      • Active Listening
      • Judgment and Decision Making
      • Speaking
    • Bright outlook

      Computers and math

      Operations Research Analysts

      Median pay
      $88,940
      Outlook
      Much faster than average

      Bachelor's degree

      • Mathematics
      • Complex Problem Solving
      • Active Listening
    • Bright outlook

      Science

      Food Scientists and Technologists

      Median pay
      $88,720
      Outlook
      Faster than average

      Bachelor's degree

      • Active Learning
      • Critical Thinking
      • Reading Comprehension
    • Bright outlook

      Science

      Microbiologists

      Median pay
      $87,990
      Outlook
      Faster than average

      Bachelor's degree

      • Science
      • Reading Comprehension
      • Critical Thinking
    • Bright outlook

      Science

      Epidemiologists

      Median pay
      $87,220
      Outlook
      Much faster than average

      Master's degree

      • Complex Problem Solving
      • Critical Thinking
      • Judgment and Decision Making

    BLS 2025 wages · 2025–35 projections · O*NET 31.0. O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. CollegesRef has modified all or some of this information.

    Career questions

    Where the figures come from and how careers connect to majors.

    Where do the pay and job outlook figures come from?

    Median pay is the national median annual wage from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey. Growth and openings come from the BLS Employment Projections. Each career page names the data year, and a figure the BLS does not publish is shown as not reported rather than estimated.

    What are the six interest areas?

    They are the Holland (RIASEC) interest areas used by O*NET: Realistic (hands-on), Investigative (ideas and research), Artistic (creating), Social (helping people), Enterprising (leading and persuading) and Conventional (organizing data and records). Most careers are a mix, so each one lists its strongest two or three.

    How does the interest check work?

    You rate short activities as like, not sure or dislike. Your answers add up to a score for each interest area, and careers whose interest profile is closest to yours are listed first with the reasons. It takes a few minutes, needs no account, and you can skip any item.

    How are careers linked to majors and colleges?

    The NCES CIP–SOC crosswalk links fields of study to occupations. We roll it up to the four-digit program codes colleges report, so the majors listed are related programs rather than the only route in. College results use each college's own program earnings from College Scorecard.