___________________________________ The Best Jobs Lists: Jobs for Each of the Six Personality Types
- Shipping, Receiving, and Traf! c Clerks ....................... CRE .......... $26,990 ..........3.7% ..... 138,967
- Postal Service Mail Carriers .......................................... CR ........... $44,500 ..........1.0% .......16,710
- Archivists ....................................................................... CI ............ $43,110 ........14.4% ............795
- Court, Municipal, and License Clerks ........................... CE ........... $32,330 ..........8.8% .......16,163
- Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks .......... CE ........... $32,040 ........–1.3% .......42,246
- Loan Interviewers and Clerks ....................................... CE ............$31,680 .......–0.9% ....... 40,217
The 20 Best-Paying Jobs for Each Personality
Type
In the following six lists you’ll fi nd the 20 best-paying jobs for each personality type that met
our criteria for this book.! ese are popular lists, for obvious reasons.
If you compare these six lists, you may notice that some personality types have better income
possibilities than others. For example, the best-paying Investigative and Enterprising jobs
command much higher incomes than the best-paying Artistic and Conventional jobs. Keep
in mind that these fi gures are only averages; there are a few artists (for example, think of
movie stars) who are earning more than obstetricians. Also remember what we said earlier
about how earnings can vary by region of the country and amount of experience and because
of many other factors.
The 20 Best-Paying Realistic Jobs
Job Annual Earnings
- Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers ...................................................................$145,600+
- Civil Engineers ...................................................................................................................$71,710
- Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels ...................................................................$57,210
- Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers .............$54,070
- Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers ..................................................................$52,570
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technicians.............................................................$52,140
- Surveyors ...........................................................................................................................$51,630
- Transportation Inspectors ..................................................................................................$51,440
- Boilermakers ......................................................................................................................$50,700
- Radiologic Technologists and Technicians ........................................................................$50,260
- Cartographers and Photogrammetrists .............................................................................$49,970
The 50 Best Conventional Jobs
Personality Annual Percent Annual
Job Code Earnings Growth Openings
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