SA: 11 occupations with an interest code starting with SA
A Holland code is one to three letters in order of strength. Social · Artistic — that is what SA 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)
- 11 of 11 occupations with a published median ($34,980 – $78,620)
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.
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
- O*NET-SOC code
- 25-2022.00
- Its Holland code
- SA
- U.S. median wage
- $64,370
- U.S. employment
- 620,090
- Typical education
- Bachelor's
Childcare Workers
- O*NET-SOC code
- 39-9011.00
- Its Holland code
- SA
- U.S. median wage
- $34,980
- U.S. employment
- 518,910
- Typical education
- High school / GED
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education
- O*NET-SOC code
- 25-2011.00
- Its Holland code
- SA
- U.S. median wage
- $38,140
- U.S. employment
- 478,780
- Typical education
- High school / GED
Self-Enrichment Teachers
- O*NET-SOC code
- 25-3021.00
- Its Holland code
- SA
- U.S. median wage
- $46,800
- U.S. employment
- 332,110
- Typical education
- Master's
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education
- O*NET-SOC code
- 25-2012.00
- Its Holland code
- SA
- U.S. median wage
- $62,680
- U.S. employment
- 108,870
- Typical education
- Bachelor's
Special Education Teachers, Middle School
- O*NET-SOC code
- 25-2057.00
- Its Holland code
- SAI
- U.S. median wage
- $66,810
- U.S. employment
- 95,200
- Typical education
- Bachelor's
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary
- O*NET-SOC code
- 25-1121.00
- Its Holland code
- SA
- U.S. median wage
- $78,620
- U.S. employment
- 93,560
- Typical education
- Master's
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors
- O*NET-SOC code
- 25-3011.00
- Its Holland code
- SA
- U.S. median wage
- $61,540
- U.S. employment
- 37,310
- Typical education
- Bachelor's
Special Education Teachers, Preschool
- O*NET-SOC code
- 25-2051.00
- Its Holland code
- SA
- U.S. median wage
- $64,830
- U.S. employment
- 29,510
- Typical education
- Bachelor's
Art Therapists
- O*NET-SOC code
- 29-1129.01
- Its Holland code
- SA
- U.S. median wage
- $77,930
- U.S. employment
- 22,640
- Typical education
- Master's
Music Therapists
- O*NET-SOC code
- 29-1129.02
- Its Holland code
- SAI
- U.S. median wage
- $77,930
- U.S. employment
- 22,640
- Typical education
- Bachelor's
| Occupation | O*NET-SOC code | Its Holland code | U.S. median wage | U.S. employment | Typical education |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education | 25-2022.00 | SA | $64,370 | 620,090 | Bachelor's |
| Childcare Workers | 39-9011.00 | SA | $34,980 | 518,910 | High school / GED |
| Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education | 25-2011.00 | SA | $38,140 | 478,780 | High school / GED |
| Self-Enrichment Teachers | 25-3021.00 | SA | $46,800 | 332,110 | Master's |
| Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education | 25-2012.00 | SA | $62,680 | 108,870 | Bachelor's |
| Special Education Teachers, Middle School | 25-2057.00 | SAI | $66,810 | 95,200 | Bachelor's |
| Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary | 25-1121.00 | SA | $78,620 | 93,560 | Master's |
| Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors | 25-3011.00 | SA | $61,540 | 37,310 | Bachelor's |
| Special Education Teachers, Preschool | 25-2051.00 | SA | $64,830 | 29,510 | Bachelor's |
| Art Therapists | 29-1129.01 | SA | $77,930 | 22,640 | Master's |
| Music Therapists | 29-1129.02 | SAI | $77,930 | 22,640 | Bachelor's |
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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Also published for this prefix: S