___________________________________ The Best Jobs Lists: Jobs for Each of the Six Personality Types
Social jobs with a high percentage of men because no Social jobs employ 70 percent or more
men. For the Artistic personality type, the lists are roughly equal.
We also produced “best overall” lists in which these predominantly male jobs and
predominantly female jobs are sorted by their combined ranking in terms of annual earnings,
percent growth, and annual job openings. In these lists, we list these facts for each job so you
can compare their potential rewards.
In the following lists, if you compare the occupations employing a high percentage of
women with those employing a high percentage of men, you may notice some distinct
diff erences beyond the obvious. For example, you may notice that the jobs with a high
percentage of women are growing somewhat faster than those with a high percentage of men.
We’ve done the math and discovered that the diff erence is an average growth rate of 15.4
percent for the jobs that employ mostly women versus an average rate of 11.9 percent for the
jobs that employ mostly men.! e number of annual job openings shows a similar pattern.
Occupations with a high percentage of men average 32,131 openings per year, while more
than double that number of openings, 76,361, are projected on average for occupations with
a high percentage of women.
! is discrepancy refl ects the trend that men have had more problems than women in
adapting to an economy dominated by service and information-based jobs. Many women
may simply be better prepared for these jobs, possessing more appropriate skills for the jobs
that are now growing rapidly and have more job openings.
On the other hand, you may notice that on average the jobs with a high percentage of men
have higher wages (an average of $56,065) than do the jobs with a high percentage of women
($36,553).! is indicates that women interested in improving their earnings may want
to consider jobs traditionally dominated by men. Remember that a time-honored gender
imbalance is not always a barrier to women. Some employers are seeking female recruits to
counterbalance a traditional male dominance.
Realistic Jobs with the Highest Percentage of Women
Job Percent Women
- Surgical Technologists ......................................................................................................... 80.1%
- Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians ...................................................................... 78.1%
- Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians ................................................................... 72.9%
- Radiologic Technologists and Technicians .......................................................................... 72.9%
