AR: 11 occupations with an interest code starting with AR
A Holland code is one to three letters in order of strength. Artistic · Realistic — that is what AR stands for here. Below are the O*NET occupations whose Interest High-Point (IH) code begins with these letters.
Quick answer
- Occupations with this code
- 11
- Occupations shown
- All 11; ordered by U.S. employment
- Median wage on this page (lowest – highest)
- 10 of 11 occupations with a published median ($39,390 – $102,030)
The range covers only the occupations shown on this page.
O*NET Database 31.0 (retrieved 2026-09-15); BLS OES May 2025 release (retrieved 2026-09-15).
Occupations with this code
Ordered by U.S. employment, largest first. The order means nothing else: it is not a recommendation, and this page does not know your interests.
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers
- O*NET-SOC code
- 27-1026.00
- Its Holland code
- ARE
- U.S. median wage
- $39,390
- U.S. employment
- 165,220
- Typical education
- High school / GED
Interior Designers
- O*NET-SOC code
- 27-1025.00
- Its Holland code
- AR
- U.S. median wage
- $67,190
- U.S. employment
- 71,500
- Typical education
- Bachelor's
Commercial and Industrial Designers
- O*NET-SOC code
- 27-1021.00
- Its Holland code
- ARI
- U.S. median wage
- $83,910
- U.S. employment
- 33,490
- Typical education
- Bachelor's
Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film
- O*NET-SOC code
- 27-4031.00
- Its Holland code
- ARC
- U.S. median wage
- $74,990
- U.S. employment
- 21,550
- Typical education
- Associate's (2-year)
Fashion Designers
- O*NET-SOC code
- 27-1022.00
- Its Holland code
- ARE
- U.S. median wage
- $80,960
- U.S. employment
- 21,450
- Typical education
- Bachelor's
Special Effects Artists and Animators
- O*NET-SOC code
- 27-1014.00
- Its Holland code
- AR
- U.S. median wage
- $102,030
- U.S. employment
- 19,970
- Typical education
- Bachelor's
Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators
- O*NET-SOC code
- 27-1013.00
- Its Holland code
- AR
- U.S. median wage
- $55,490
- U.S. employment
- 11,220
- Typical education
- Some college, no degree
Dancers
- O*NET-SOC code
- 27-2031.00
- Its Holland code
- ARS
- U.S. median wage
- Not published
- U.S. employment
- 8,130
- Typical education
- High school / GED
Craft Artists
- O*NET-SOC code
- 27-1012.00
- Its Holland code
- AR
- U.S. median wage
- $46,080
- U.S. employment
- 4,580
- Typical education
- High school / GED
Models
- O*NET-SOC code
- 41-9012.00
- Its Holland code
- ARE
- U.S. median wage
- $48,470
- U.S. employment
- 3,780
- Typical education
- High school / GED
Makeup Artists, Theatrical and Performance
- O*NET-SOC code
- 39-5091.00
- Its Holland code
- AR
- U.S. median wage
- $97,150
- U.S. employment
- 2,340
- Typical education
- High school / GED
| Occupation | O*NET-SOC code | Its Holland code | U.S. median wage | U.S. employment | Typical education |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers | 27-1026.00 | ARE | $39,390 | 165,220 | High school / GED |
| Interior Designers | 27-1025.00 | AR | $67,190 | 71,500 | Bachelor's |
| Commercial and Industrial Designers | 27-1021.00 | ARI | $83,910 | 33,490 | Bachelor's |
| Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film | 27-4031.00 | ARC | $74,990 | 21,550 | Associate's (2-year) |
| Fashion Designers | 27-1022.00 | ARE | $80,960 | 21,450 | Bachelor's |
| Special Effects Artists and Animators | 27-1014.00 | AR | $102,030 | 19,970 | Bachelor's |
| Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators | 27-1013.00 | AR | $55,490 | 11,220 | Some college, no degree |
| Dancers | 27-2031.00 | ARS | Not published | 8,130 | High school / GED |
| Craft Artists | 27-1012.00 | AR | $46,080 | 4,580 | High school / GED |
| Models | 41-9012.00 | ARE | $48,470 | 3,780 | High school / GED |
| Makeup Artists, Theatrical and Performance | 39-5091.00 | AR | $97,150 | 2,340 | High school / GED |
The table lists all 11 occupations with this code.
Median wage is the employee annual median from BLS OES; it excludes self-employed workers and owners. “Not published” means BLS does not publish a median for that occupation — it is not zero.
“—” means O*NET does not publish a typical education level for that occupation; in O*NET Database 31.0 this field does not cover every occupation, though every row on this page has one. Where a level is given, it is the most common category in O*NET's education data, translated.
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.
What these occupations mean
Every O*NET occupation carries an interest profile: six shares, one per RIASEC direction. O*NET turns that profile into the occupation's Interest High-Point (IH) code with the variable high-point rule: take the directions whose share is above .17, highest first, up to three (Rounds et al., 1999; Step 3 of the 2023 O*NET report “Using Machine Learning to Develop Occupational Interest Profiles and High-Point Codes”). That is why a code can have one, two or three letters. This page reports the codes as O*NET published them — the list describes these occupations, not you.
Your own code is generated by this product from your questionnaire scores, with a different rule: the three highest directions, with ties broken in a fixed order. The two sides also measure different things — the questionnaire asks what you like doing, while an occupation profile measures how much of that interest content the work involves. No study equates the two.
Three honest notes
- The occupation-side profiles are machine-generated: O*NET derived them with machine learning from work activities and related data (see the 2023 report “Using Machine Learning to Develop Occupational Interest Profiles and High-Point Codes”), not from analyst ratings.
- Even where an interest code carries some predictive signal, it is weak: it cannot tell whether a particular person will do a job well, and it does not predict income. An occupation-level profile also hides the differences between people doing the same job.
- Interests change with experience — courses, projects and internships can move them. A code is a snapshot, not a fixed trait.
Find your own code
The 60 items of the O*NET® Interest Profiler Short Form (adapted by this product) produce your own code and the occupations with the closest interest profiles, with the same U.S. wage data.
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