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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    190 careers match your filter

    • Personal care and service

      Recreation Workers

      Median pay
      $36,560
      Outlook
      As fast as average

      High school diploma

      • Active Listening
      • Coordination
      • Service Orientation
    • Bright outlook

      Healthcare support

      Home Health Aides

      Median pay
      $35,800
      Outlook
      Much faster than average

      High school diploma

      • Service Orientation
      • Active Listening
      • Social Perceptiveness
    • Bright outlook

      Healthcare support

      Personal Care Aides

      Median pay
      $35,800
      Outlook
      Much faster than average

      High school diploma

      • Service Orientation
      • Social Perceptiveness
      • Active Listening
    • Bright outlook

      Personal care and service

      Animal Caretakers

      Median pay
      $35,360
      Outlook
      Much faster than average

      High school diploma

      • Monitoring
      • Active Listening
      • Coordination
    • Bright outlook

      Food service

      Food Servers, Nonrestaurant

      Median pay
      $35,360
      Outlook
      As fast as average

      No formal credential

      • Active Listening
      • Service Orientation
      • Speaking

    • Healthcare support

      Physical Therapist Aides

      Median pay
      $35,240
      Outlook
      As fast as average

      High school diploma

      • Active Listening
      • Monitoring
      • Service Orientation
    • Bright outlook

      Food service

      Waiters and Waitresses

      Median pay
      $35,230
      Outlook
      As fast as average

      No formal credential

      • Service Orientation
      • Active Listening
      • Speaking

    • Protective service

      School Bus Monitors

      Median pay
      $35,100
      Outlook
      Decline

      High school diploma

      • Monitoring
      • Social Perceptiveness
      • Speaking
    • Bright outlook

      Personal care and service

      Childcare Workers

      Median pay
      $34,980
      Outlook
      Decline

      High school diploma

      • Monitoring
      • Service Orientation
      • Social Perceptiveness
    • Bright outlook

      Personal care and service

      Nannies

      Median pay
      $34,980
      Outlook
      Decline

      High school diploma

      • Active Listening
      • Monitoring
      • Social Perceptiveness
    • Bright outlook

      Personal care and service

      Shampooers

      Median pay
      $32,600
      Outlook
      Faster than average

      No formal credential

      • Speaking
      • Active Listening
      • Service Orientation
    • Bright outlook

      Personal care and service

      Amusement and Recreation Attendants

      Median pay
      $32,150
      Outlook
      As fast as average

      No formal credential

      • Speaking
      • Service Orientation
      • Active Listening
    • Bright outlook

      Food service

      Baristas

      Median pay
      $31,200
      Outlook
      Faster than average

      No formal credential

      • Active Listening
      • Service Orientation
      • Speaking

    • Arts, design and media

      Actors

      Median pay
      Not reported
      Outlook
      Little or no change

      Some college

      • Reading Comprehension
      • Speaking
      • Active Listening
    • Bright outlook

      Management

      Legislators

      Median pay
      Not reported
      Outlook
      Not reported

    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.