CRI: 12 occupations with an interest code starting with CRI
A Holland code is one to three letters in order of strength. Conventional · Realistic · Investigative — that is what CRI 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
- 12
- Occupations shown
- All 12; ordered by U.S. employment
- Median wage on this page (lowest – highest)
- 12 of 12 occupations with a published median ($57,510 – $134,050)
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.
Computer User Support Specialists
- O*NET-SOC code
- 15-1232.00
- Its Holland code
- CRI
- U.S. median wage
- $61,860
- U.S. employment
- 717,190
- Typical education
- Bachelor's
Network and Computer Systems Administrators
- O*NET-SOC code
- 15-1244.00
- Its Holland code
- CRI
- U.S. median wage
- $99,130
- U.S. employment
- 314,340
- Typical education
- Associate's (2-year)
Telecommunications Engineering Specialists
- O*NET-SOC code
- 15-1241.01
- Its Holland code
- CRI
- U.S. median wage
- $134,050
- U.S. employment
- 179,740
- Typical education
- Associate's (2-year)
Energy Auditors
- O*NET-SOC code
- 47-4011.01
- Its Holland code
- CRI
- U.S. median wage
- $74,690
- U.S. employment
- 146,720
- Typical education
- High school / GED
Police Identification and Records Officers
- O*NET-SOC code
- 33-3021.02
- Its Holland code
- CRI
- U.S. median wage
- $93,790
- U.S. employment
- 114,430
- Typical education
- High school / GED
Radio Frequency Identification Device Specialists
- O*NET-SOC code
- 17-2072.01
- Its Holland code
- CRI
- U.S. median wage
- $130,220
- U.S. employment
- 96,900
- Typical education
- Bachelor's
Remote Sensing Technicians
- O*NET-SOC code
- 19-4099.03
- Its Holland code
- CRI
- U.S. median wage
- $62,280
- U.S. employment
- 73,910
- Typical education
- Bachelor's
Biological Technicians
- O*NET-SOC code
- 19-4021.00
- Its Holland code
- CRI
- U.S. median wage
- $57,510
- U.S. employment
- 69,620
- Typical education
- Bachelor's
Surveyors
- O*NET-SOC code
- 17-1022.00
- Its Holland code
- CRI
- U.S. median wage
- $75,440
- U.S. employment
- 50,830
- Typical education
- Bachelor's
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians
- O*NET-SOC code
- 19-5012.00
- Its Holland code
- CRI
- U.S. median wage
- $61,560
- U.S. employment
- 30,590
- Typical education
- Bachelor's
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers
- O*NET-SOC code
- 51-9162.00
- Its Holland code
- CRI
- U.S. median wage
- $68,120
- U.S. employment
- 28,500
- Typical education
- High school / GED
Aviation Inspectors
- O*NET-SOC code
- 53-6051.01
- Its Holland code
- CRI
- U.S. median wage
- $92,100
- U.S. employment
- 24,500
- Typical education
- Associate's (2-year)
| Occupation | O*NET-SOC code | Its Holland code | U.S. median wage | U.S. employment | Typical education |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer User Support Specialists | 15-1232.00 | CRI | $61,860 | 717,190 | Bachelor's |
| Network and Computer Systems Administrators | 15-1244.00 | CRI | $99,130 | 314,340 | Associate's (2-year) |
| Telecommunications Engineering Specialists | 15-1241.01 | CRI | $134,050 | 179,740 | Associate's (2-year) |
| Energy Auditors | 47-4011.01 | CRI | $74,690 | 146,720 | High school / GED |
| Police Identification and Records Officers | 33-3021.02 | CRI | $93,790 | 114,430 | High school / GED |
| Radio Frequency Identification Device Specialists | 17-2072.01 | CRI | $130,220 | 96,900 | Bachelor's |
| Remote Sensing Technicians | 19-4099.03 | CRI | $62,280 | 73,910 | Bachelor's |
| Biological Technicians | 19-4021.00 | CRI | $57,510 | 69,620 | Bachelor's |
| Surveyors | 17-1022.00 | CRI | $75,440 | 50,830 | Bachelor's |
| Occupational Health and Safety Technicians | 19-5012.00 | CRI | $61,560 | 30,590 | Bachelor's |
| Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers | 51-9162.00 | CRI | $68,120 | 28,500 | High school / GED |
| Aviation Inspectors | 53-6051.01 | CRI | $92,100 | 24,500 | Associate's (2-year) |
The table lists all 12 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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Other codes and pages
Also published for this prefix: CR