CES: 15 occupations with an interest code starting with CES
A Holland code is one to three letters in order of strength. Conventional · Enterprising · Social — that is what CES 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
- 15
- Occupations shown
- All 15; ordered by U.S. employment
- Median wage on this page (lowest – highest)
- 15 of 15 occupations with a published median ($38,010 – $78,210)
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.
Customer Service Representatives
- O*NET-SOC code
- 43-4051.00
- Its Holland code
- CES
- U.S. median wage
- $44,770
- U.S. employment
- 2,595,750
- Typical education
- High school / GED
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive
- O*NET-SOC code
- 43-6014.00
- Its Holland code
- CES
- U.S. median wage
- $47,540
- U.S. employment
- 1,706,790
- Typical education
- High school / GED
Receptionists and Information Clerks
- O*NET-SOC code
- 43-4171.00
- Its Holland code
- CES
- U.S. median wage
- $38,010
- U.S. employment
- 910,180
- Typical education
- High school / GED
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
- O*NET-SOC code
- 43-6011.00
- Its Holland code
- CES
- U.S. median wage
- $76,590
- U.S. employment
- 459,910
- Typical education
- Associate's (2-year)
Counter and Rental Clerks
- O*NET-SOC code
- 41-2021.00
- Its Holland code
- CES
- U.S. median wage
- $41,300
- U.S. employment
- 400,810
- Typical education
- High school / GED
Loan Officers
- O*NET-SOC code
- 13-2072.00
- Its Holland code
- CES
- U.S. median wage
- $76,690
- U.S. employment
- 274,330
- Typical education
- Bachelor's
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks
- O*NET-SOC code
- 43-4031.00
- Its Holland code
- CES
- U.S. median wage
- $48,700
- U.S. employment
- 179,750
- Typical education
- High school / GED
Loan Interviewers and Clerks
- O*NET-SOC code
- 43-4131.00
- Its Holland code
- CES
- U.S. median wage
- $50,020
- U.S. employment
- 164,790
- Typical education
- High school / GED
Bill and Account Collectors
- O*NET-SOC code
- 43-3011.00
- Its Holland code
- CES
- U.S. median wage
- $47,030
- U.S. employment
- 158,830
- Typical education
- High school / GED
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists
- O*NET-SOC code
- 13-1141.00
- Its Holland code
- CES
- U.S. median wage
- $78,210
- U.S. employment
- 112,380
- Typical education
- Bachelor's
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping
- O*NET-SOC code
- 43-4161.00
- Its Holland code
- CES
- U.S. median wage
- $50,610
- U.S. employment
- 90,220
- Typical education
- Bachelor's
New Accounts Clerks
- O*NET-SOC code
- 43-4141.00
- Its Holland code
- CES
- U.S. median wage
- $47,670
- U.S. employment
- 36,860
- Typical education
- High school / GED
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers
- O*NET-SOC code
- 39-4031.00
- Its Holland code
- CES
- U.S. median wage
- $55,010
- U.S. employment
- 25,100
- Typical education
- Associate's (2-year)
Curators
- O*NET-SOC code
- 25-4012.00
- Its Holland code
- CES
- U.S. median wage
- $63,420
- U.S. employment
- 12,150
- Typical education
- Master's
Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks
- O*NET-SOC code
- 43-4041.00
- Its Holland code
- CES
- U.S. median wage
- $50,080
- U.S. employment
- 12,030
- Typical education
- —
| Occupation | O*NET-SOC code | Its Holland code | U.S. median wage | U.S. employment | Typical education |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Customer Service Representatives | 43-4051.00 | CES | $44,770 | 2,595,750 | High school / GED |
| Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 43-6014.00 | CES | $47,540 | 1,706,790 | High school / GED |
| Receptionists and Information Clerks | 43-4171.00 | CES | $38,010 | 910,180 | High school / GED |
| Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants | 43-6011.00 | CES | $76,590 | 459,910 | Associate's (2-year) |
| Counter and Rental Clerks | 41-2021.00 | CES | $41,300 | 400,810 | High school / GED |
| Loan Officers | 13-2072.00 | CES | $76,690 | 274,330 | Bachelor's |
| Court, Municipal, and License Clerks | 43-4031.00 | CES | $48,700 | 179,750 | High school / GED |
| Loan Interviewers and Clerks | 43-4131.00 | CES | $50,020 | 164,790 | High school / GED |
| Bill and Account Collectors | 43-3011.00 | CES | $47,030 | 158,830 | High school / GED |
| Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists | 13-1141.00 | CES | $78,210 | 112,380 | Bachelor's |
| Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping | 43-4161.00 | CES | $50,610 | 90,220 | Bachelor's |
| New Accounts Clerks | 43-4141.00 | CES | $47,670 | 36,860 | High school / GED |
| Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers | 39-4031.00 | CES | $55,010 | 25,100 | Associate's (2-year) |
| Curators | 25-4012.00 | CES | $63,420 | 12,150 | Master's |
| Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks | 43-4041.00 | CES | $50,080 | 12,030 | — |
The table lists all 15 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: 1 of the 15 rows on this page show “—”, and in O*NET Database 31.0 this field does not cover every occupation. 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
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Other codes and pages
Also published for this prefix: CE