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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    512 careers match your filter

    • Farming, fishing and forestry

      Log Graders and Scalers

      Median pay
      $46,330
      Outlook
      Decline

      High school diploma

      • Active Listening
      • Critical Thinking
      • Speaking
    • Bright outlook

      Production

      Potters, Manufacturing

      Median pay
      $46,170
      Outlook
      Faster than average

      High school diploma

      • Operations Monitoring
      • Operation and Control
      • Active Listening
    • Arts, design and media

      Craft Artists

      Median pay
      $46,080
      Outlook
      As fast as average

      No formal credential

      • Critical Thinking
      • Active Listening
      • Monitoring
    • Production

      Printing Press Operators

      Median pay
      $45,780
      Outlook
      Decline

      High school diploma

      • Quality Control Analysis
      • Operations Monitoring
      • Monitoring
    • Bright outlook

      Healthcare practitioners

      Pharmacy Technicians

      Median pay
      $45,750
      Outlook
      Faster than average

      High school diploma

      • Active Listening
      • Reading Comprehension
      • Speaking
    • Protective service

      Animal Control Workers

      Median pay
      $45,660
      Outlook
      As fast as average

      High school diploma

      • Active Listening
      • Speaking
      • Critical Thinking
    • Bright outlook

      Healthcare practitioners

      Ophthalmic Medical Technicians

      Median pay
      $45,570
      Outlook
      Much faster than average

      Postsecondary certificate

      • Active Listening
      • Speaking
      • Reading Comprehension
    • Bright outlook

      Personal care and service

      Skincare Specialists

      Median pay
      $45,330
      Outlook
      Much faster than average

      Postsecondary certificate

      • Speaking
      • Service Orientation
      • Active Listening
    • Bright outlook

      Building and grounds

      Pest Control Workers

      Median pay
      $45,250
      Outlook
      Faster than average

      High school diploma

      • Active Listening
      • Critical Thinking
      • Monitoring
    • Bright outlook

      Healthcare support

      Phlebotomists

      Median pay
      $45,230
      Outlook
      Faster than average

      Postsecondary certificate

      • Service Orientation
      • Social Perceptiveness
      • Speaking
    • Bright outlook

      Transportation

      Light Truck Drivers

      Median pay
      $44,860
      Outlook
      Faster than average

      High school diploma

      • Active Listening
      • Monitoring
      • Operation and Control
    • Arts, design and media

      Photographers

      Median pay
      $44,660
      Outlook
      Little or no change

      High school diploma

      • Active Listening
      • Speaking
      • Service Orientation
    • Production

      Team Assemblers

      Median pay
      $44,650
      Outlook
      Slower than average

      High school diploma

      • Active Listening
      • Monitoring
      • Quality Control Analysis
    • Production

      Furniture Finishers

      Median pay
      $44,540
      Outlook
      Decline

      High school diploma

      • Active Listening
      • Critical Thinking
      • Monitoring

    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.