HOLLAND CODE

The RI Holland code: Realistic · Investigative

A Holland code describes an interest pattern: the two or three RIASEC directions that stood out in someone's answers. This page is about the code RI itself — not about how well any one person fits a job.

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What the letters mean

The first letter is the direction that stood out most, then the second, then the third. Short codes are normal — O*NET gives occupations one, two or three letters too.

1.RealisticHands-on work with tools, machines, and the outdoors
2.InvestigativeAnalyzing, researching, and solving problems
ArtisticCreating, expressing ideas, and working with freedom
SocialHelping, teaching, and caring for others
EnterprisingPersuading, leading, and making things happen
ConventionalData, processes, and organized work

Occupations whose interest code starts with RI

Showing the 6 largest of 50 occupations with this code

Occupations whose interest code starts with RI
Occupation	Its Holland code	U.S. median wage
Civil Engineers	RIC	$100,840
Transportation Engineers	RIC	$100,840
Water/Wastewater Engineers	RIC	$100,840
Manufacturing Engineers	RIC	$102,440
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians	RIC	$62,930
Histology Technicians	RIC	$62,930

Ordered by U.S. employment — not by how well they suit anyone. Median wage is the U.S. national employee median from BLS OES; “Not published” means BLS does not publish one for that occupation, not that it is zero.

Wages and employment come from BLS OES, which publishes them by 6-digit SOC occupation. Several O*NET occupations can sit under one SOC code and share the same estimates — that is why some rows show identical wages and employment.

Of the 6 rows on this page, 2 are not a wage BLS publishes for that occupation itself: 0 use the number for the successor SOC code that absorbed the occupation, and 2 use the broader group BLS reports them under. The remaining rows are the median BLS publishes at the occupation's own 6-digit SOC level.

Your code and the occupation codes listed here are not measuring the same thing: the questionnaire asks how much you like doing something, while an occupation profile measures how much of that interest area the work involves. No equivalence study links the two, so treat this list as a starting point for research, not a verdict that these jobs suit you.

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