RAC: 10 occupations with an interest code starting with RAC
A Holland code is one to three letters in order of strength. Realistic · Artistic · Conventional — that is what RAC 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 ($37,360 – $73,130)
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.
Floral Designers
- O*NET-SOC code
- 27-1023.00
- Its Holland code
- RAC
- U.S. median wage
- $37,360
- U.S. employment
- 40,590
- Typical education
- High school / GED
Stone Cutters and Carvers, Manufacturing
- O*NET-SOC code
- 51-9195.03
- Its Holland code
- RAC
- U.S. median wage
- $46,170
- U.S. employment
- 33,190
- Typical education
- High school / GED
Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers
- O*NET-SOC code
- 51-9071.00
- Its Holland code
- RAC
- U.S. median wage
- $52,540
- U.S. employment
- 22,440
- Typical education
- High school / GED
Upholsterers
- O*NET-SOC code
- 51-6093.00
- Its Holland code
- RAC
- U.S. median wage
- $46,340
- U.S. employment
- 20,140
- Typical education
- High school / GED
Furniture Finishers
- O*NET-SOC code
- 51-7021.00
- Its Holland code
- RAC
- U.S. median wage
- $44,540
- U.S. employment
- 14,480
- Typical education
- High school / GED
Sound Engineering Technicians
- O*NET-SOC code
- 27-4014.00
- Its Holland code
- RAC
- U.S. median wage
- $73,130
- U.S. employment
- 13,080
- Typical education
- High school / GED
Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers
- O*NET-SOC code
- 51-9123.00
- Its Holland code
- RAC
- U.S. median wage
- $41,600
- U.S. employment
- 7,940
- Typical education
- Less than high school
Etchers and Engravers
- O*NET-SOC code
- 51-9194.00
- Its Holland code
- RAC
- U.S. median wage
- $43,310
- U.S. employment
- 7,750
- Typical education
- High school / GED
Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers
- O*NET-SOC code
- 51-6092.00
- Its Holland code
- RAC
- U.S. median wage
- $62,750
- U.S. employment
- 2,950
- Typical education
- High school / GED
Patternmakers, Wood
- O*NET-SOC code
- 51-7032.00
- Its Holland code
- RAC
- U.S. median wage
- $49,630
- U.S. employment
- 220
- Typical education
- High school / GED
| Occupation | O*NET-SOC code | Its Holland code | U.S. median wage | U.S. employment | Typical education |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floral Designers | 27-1023.00 | RAC | $37,360 | 40,590 | High school / GED |
| Stone Cutters and Carvers, Manufacturing | 51-9195.03 | RAC | $46,170 | 33,190 | High school / GED |
| Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers | 51-9071.00 | RAC | $52,540 | 22,440 | High school / GED |
| Upholsterers | 51-6093.00 | RAC | $46,340 | 20,140 | High school / GED |
| Furniture Finishers | 51-7021.00 | RAC | $44,540 | 14,480 | High school / GED |
| Sound Engineering Technicians | 27-4014.00 | RAC | $73,130 | 13,080 | High school / GED |
| Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers | 51-9123.00 | RAC | $41,600 | 7,940 | Less than high school |
| Etchers and Engravers | 51-9194.00 | RAC | $43,310 | 7,750 | High school / GED |
| Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers | 51-6092.00 | RAC | $62,750 | 2,950 | High school / GED |
| Patternmakers, Wood | 51-7032.00 | RAC | $49,630 | 220 | High school / GED |
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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Other codes and pages
Also published for this prefix: RA