CIR: 10 occupations with an interest code starting with CIR
A Holland code is one to three letters in order of strength. Conventional · Investigative · Realistic — that is what CIR 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
- 10
- Occupations shown
- All 10; ordered by U.S. employment
- Median wage on this page (lowest – highest)
- 10 of 10 occupations with a published median ($62,280 – $116,580)
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.
Security Management Specialists
- O*NET-SOC code
- 13-1199.07
- Its Holland code
- CIR
- U.S. median wage
- $83,050
- U.S. employment
- 1,087,090
- Typical education
- Bachelor's
Geographic Information Systems Technologists and Technicians
- O*NET-SOC code
- 15-1299.02
- Its Holland code
- CIR
- U.S. median wage
- $116,580
- U.S. employment
- 435,370
- Typical education
- Bachelor's
Information Security Engineers
- O*NET-SOC code
- 15-1299.05
- Its Holland code
- CIR
- U.S. median wage
- $116,580
- U.S. employment
- 435,370
- Typical education
- Bachelor's
Computer Systems Engineers/Architects
- O*NET-SOC code
- 15-1299.08
- Its Holland code
- CIR
- U.S. median wage
- $116,580
- U.S. employment
- 435,370
- Typical education
- Vocational certificate
Environmental Compliance Inspectors
- O*NET-SOC code
- 13-1041.01
- Its Holland code
- CIR
- U.S. median wage
- $80,730
- U.S. employment
- 417,070
- Typical education
- Bachelor's
Industrial Engineers
- O*NET-SOC code
- 17-2112.00
- Its Holland code
- CIR
- U.S. median wage
- $102,440
- U.S. employment
- 365,740
- Typical education
- Bachelor's
Logistics Engineers
- O*NET-SOC code
- 13-1081.01
- Its Holland code
- CIR
- U.S. median wage
- $82,320
- U.S. employment
- 251,040
- Typical education
- Bachelor's
Computer Network Support Specialists
- O*NET-SOC code
- 15-1231.00
- Its Holland code
- CIR
- U.S. median wage
- $76,220
- U.S. employment
- 146,190
- Typical education
- Bachelor's
Quality Control Analysts
- O*NET-SOC code
- 19-4099.01
- Its Holland code
- CIR
- U.S. median wage
- $62,280
- U.S. employment
- 73,910
- Typical education
- High school / GED
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists
- O*NET-SOC code
- 17-1021.00
- Its Holland code
- CIR
- U.S. median wage
- $81,390
- U.S. employment
- 14,260
- Typical education
- Vocational certificate
| Occupation | O*NET-SOC code | Its Holland code | U.S. median wage | U.S. employment | Typical education |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Security Management Specialists | 13-1199.07 | CIR | $83,050 | 1,087,090 | Bachelor's |
| Geographic Information Systems Technologists and Technicians | 15-1299.02 | CIR | $116,580 | 435,370 | Bachelor's |
| Information Security Engineers | 15-1299.05 | CIR | $116,580 | 435,370 | Bachelor's |
| Computer Systems Engineers/Architects | 15-1299.08 | CIR | $116,580 | 435,370 | Vocational certificate |
| Environmental Compliance Inspectors | 13-1041.01 | CIR | $80,730 | 417,070 | Bachelor's |
| Industrial Engineers | 17-2112.00 | CIR | $102,440 | 365,740 | Bachelor's |
| Logistics Engineers | 13-1081.01 | CIR | $82,320 | 251,040 | Bachelor's |
| Computer Network Support Specialists | 15-1231.00 | CIR | $76,220 | 146,190 | Bachelor's |
| Quality Control Analysts | 19-4099.01 | CIR | $62,280 | 73,910 | High school / GED |
| Cartographers and Photogrammetrists | 17-1021.00 | CIR | $81,390 | 14,260 | Vocational certificate |
The table lists all 10 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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Also published for this prefix: CI