50 Best Jobs for Your Personality

___________________________________ The Best Jobs Lists: Jobs for Each of the Six Personality Types

Best Investigative Jobs Overall Employing

15 Percent or More Workers Age 55 and Over

Percent Workers Annual Percent Annual
Job Age 55 and Over Earnings Grow th Openings

1. Anesthesiologists ....................................................... 27.2% ...... $145,600+ .....14.2% ....... 38,027


2. Family and General Practitioners ............................... 27.2% ...... $145,600+ .....14.2% ....... 38,027


3. Internists, General ...................................................... 27.2% ...... $145,600+ .....14.2% ....... 38,027


4. Obstetricians and Gynecologists ............................... 27.2% ...... $145,600+ .....14.2% ....... 38,027


5. Psychiatrists .............................................................. 27.2% ...... $145,600+ .....14.2% ....... 38,027


6. Surgeons .................................................................... 27.2% ...... $145,600+ .....14.2% ....... 38,027


7. Pediatricians, General ................................................ 27.2% ...... $140,690 ........14.2% ....... 38,027


8. Pharmacists ............................................................... 22.5% ...... $100,480 ........21.7% .......16,358


9. Management Analysts ............................................... 30.1% ........ $71,150 ........21.9% .....125,669


10. Veterinarians .............................................................. 28.4% ........ $75,230 ........35.0% ......... 5,301


11. Industrial Engineers ................................................... 20.8% ........ $71,430 ........20.3% .......11,272


12. Environmental Engineers ........................................... 16.2% ........ $72,350 ........25.4% .........5,003


13. Environmental Scientists and Specialists,
    Including Health ......................................................... 22.6% ........ $58,380 ........25.1% ......... 6,961


14. Dentists, General ....................................................... 27.4% ...... $137,630 ..........9.2% .........7,106


15. Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and
    Geographers .............................................................. 22.6% ........ $75,800 ........21.9% ......... 2,471


16. Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists ........ 35.0% ........ $62,210 ........15.8% .........8,309


17. Prosthodontists .......................................................... 27.4% ...... $145,600+ .....10.7% ..............54


18. Orthodontists ............................................................. 27.4% ...... $145,600+ .......9.2% ............4 79


19. Aerospace Engineers ................................................. 18.5% ........ $90,930 ........10.2% .........6,498


20. Hydrologists ............................................................... 22.6% ........ $68,140 ........24.3% ............ 687


21. Industrial-Organizational Psychologists .................... 35.0% ........ $80,820 ........21.3% ............118


22. Optometrists .............................................................. 24.6% ........ $93,800 ........11.3% .........1,789


23. Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists ......... 19.8% ........ $51,720 ........12.4% ....... 11,457


24. Electrical Engineers ................................................... 21.3% ........ $79,240 ..........6.3% .........6,806


25. Computer Hardware Engineers ................................. 17.9% ........ $91,860 ..........4.6% .........3,572


26. Physicists ................................................................... 33.3% ........ $96,850 ..........6.8% .........1,302


27. Electronics Engineers, Except Computer .................. 21.3% ........ $83,340 ..........3.7% .........5,699


28. Operations Research Analysts................................... 18.6% ........ $66,950 ........10.6% ......... 5,727


29. Mathematicians ......................................................... 20.0% ........ $90,870 ........10.2% ............473


30. Chemical Engineers ................................................... 24.3% .........$81,500 .........7.9% ......... 2,111

Jobs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 share 38,027 openings.