___________________________________ The Best Jobs Lists: Jobs for Each of the Six Personality Types
Best Social 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
- Registered Nurses ..................................................... 21.0% ........ $60,010 ........23.5% .....233,499
- Mental Health Counselors ......................................... 25.3% ........ $36,000 ........30.0% .......24,103
- Elementary School Teachers, Except Special
Education ................................................................... 22.0% ........ $47,330 ........13.6% .....181,612 - Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder
Counselors ................................................................. 25.3% ........ $35,580 ........34.3% ....... 20,821 - Training and Development Specialists ....................... 17.6% ........ $49,630 ........18.3% .......35,862
- Instructional Coordinators ......................................... 30.4% ........ $55,270 ........22.5% .......21,294
- Mental Health and Substance Abuse
Social Workers ........................................................... 19.9% ........ $36,640 ........29.9% .......17,289 - Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors ................. 16.4% ........ $27,680 ........26.8% .......51,235
- Medical and Public Health Social Workers ................ 19.9% ........ $44,670 ........24.2% .......16,429
- Marriage and Family Therapists ................................ 25.3% ........ $43,600 ........29.8% .........5,953
- Health Educators ....................................................... 18.3% ........ $42,920 ........26.2% ....... 13,707
- Self-Enrichment Education Teachers ......................... 22.1% ........ $34,580 ........23.1% .......64,449
- Education Administrators, Preschool and Child
Care Center/Program ................................................. 28.7% ........ $38,580 ........23.5% .........8,113 - Rehabilitation Counselors .......................................... 25.3% .........$29,630 .......23.0% ....... 32,081
Enterprising Jobs with the Highest
Percentage of Workers Age 55 and Over
Percent Workers
Job Age 55 and Over
- Demonstrators and Product Promoters ............................................................................... 38.2%
- Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers ........................................... 35.2%
- Real Estate Brokers ............................................................................................................. 34.5%
- Real Estate Sales Agents ..................................................................................................... 34.5%
- Chief Executives .................................................................................................................. 31.5%
- Natural Sciences Managers ................................................................................................. 30.9%
- Education Administrators, Elementary and Secondary School ........................................... 28.7%
- Education Administrators, Postsecondary .......................................................................... 28.7%
- Lawyers ................................................................................................................................ 27.8%
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