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Jobs where being exact and accurate matters most that are growing faster than average

Jobs where being exact and accurate matters most, restricted to occupations with projected employment growth above 3.5% over 2025-35, the BLS projection for all occupations. Every value is O*NET's own mean rating; the percentile is where that value sits among all 894 occupations, not among the restricted set.

Which jobs place the most importance on being exact or accurate that BLS projects to grow faster than average?

Only 405 of the 894 occupations O*NET 30.3 rates have projected employment growth above 3.5% over 2025-35, the BLS projection for all occupations. Ranked by Importance of Being Exact or Accurate, highest first, 25 are listed: 7 also appear in the unrestricted ranking and 18 enter only under this restriction, led by Surgical Technologists (4.87 of 5), Diagnostic Medical Sonographers (4.87 of 5), Chemical Technicians (4.87 of 5). The strongest overall are Pharmacists (4.99 of 5), Pharmacy Technicians (4.98 of 5), Neurologists (4.98 of 5). Their median BLS wage is $96,590 (2025, 25 of 25 with a BLS line item), and 10 of the 25 with BLS education data typically need less than a bachelor's degree.

Occupations compared
405 of 894 O*NET occupations qualify (projected employment growth above 3.5% over 2025-35, the BLS projection for all occupations); percentiles are still taken over all 894
What O*NET asks incumbents
Importance of Being Exact or Accurate: "How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job?"
Scale
1 = Not important at all; 3 = Important; 5 = Extremely important. Values are mean incumbent ratings.
Wage and outlook source
BLS Employment Projections, Table 1.2, Table 1.2 Occupational projections, 2025–35, and worker characteristics, 2025 (Employment in thousands). 9 of the 25 occupations listed have a dedicated RoleSprint page.

Source and method

O*NET 30.3 Database (Work Context), U.S. Department of Labor, and BLS Employment Projections, Table 1.2. Verified 2026-09-05. Ratings are reproduced from O*NET as published mean incumbent responses on each question's own 1-to-5 scale. Percentile ranks, composite averages and the resulting order are RoleSprint's computation and are described on the methodology page. Wage, education and outlook fields are reproduced from BLS for the matching SOC code and left blank where BLS publishes no line item.

What this page does and does not claim

People search this as “jobs for detail oriented people”. O*NET does not measure personality, or being detail-oriented as a trait, so this ranking is built from what it does measure: Importance of Being Exact or Accurate, rated on a fixed 1-to-5 scale by people who do each job. That compares the work; it does not predict how a job will feel to you.

It does not say which jobs suit a personality, a temperament or a health condition. It reports a measured condition of the work and lets you decide whether that condition is the one you meant.

The 25 occupations

Ordered by mean rating for Importance of Being Exact or Accurate, highest first. Scale: 1 = Not important at all; 5 = Extremely important.

#OccupationO*NET valueRankBLS wage and education
1

Pharmacists

O*NET-SOC 29-1051.00

4.99 of 5

Extremely important

Higher than 99%

of 894 occupations

$140,910 median (2025)

Doctoral or professional degree · +5.2% 2025-35

2

Pharmacy Technicians

O*NET-SOC 29-2052.00

4.98 of 5

Extremely important

Higher than 99%

of 894 occupations

$45,750 median (2025)

High school diploma or equivalent · +6.4% 2025-35

3

Neurologists

O*NET-SOC 29-1217.00

4.98 of 5

Extremely important

Higher than 99%

of 894 occupations

$248,560 median (2025)

Doctoral or professional degree · +6.4% 2025-35

4

Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians

O*NET-SOC 17-3021.00

4.96 of 5

Extremely important

Higher than 99%

of 894 occupations

$82,890 median (2025)

Associate's degree · +11.9% 2025-35

5

Prosthodontists

O*NET-SOC 29-1024.00

4.95 of 5

Extremely important

Higher than 99%

of 894 occupations

$311,180 median (2025)

Doctoral or professional degree · +5.8% 2025-35

6

Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric

O*NET-SOC 29-1241.00

4.92 of 5

Extremely important

Higher than 99%

of 894 occupations

$300,080 median (2025)

Doctoral or professional degree · +4.5% 2025-35

7

Tax Preparers

O*NET-SOC 13-2082.00

4.90 of 5

Extremely important

Higher than 98%

of 894 occupations

$54,920 median (2025)

High school diploma or equivalent · +4.7% 2025-35

8

Surgical Technologists

O*NET-SOC 29-2055.00

4.87 of 5

Extremely important

Higher than 97%

of 894 occupations

$64,650 median (2025)

Postsecondary nondegree award · +5% 2025-35

9

Diagnostic Medical Sonographers

O*NET-SOC 29-2032.00

4.87 of 5

Extremely important

Higher than 97%

of 894 occupations

$96,590 median (2025)

Associate's degree · +13.9% 2025-35

10

Chemical Technicians

O*NET-SOC 19-4031.00

4.87 of 5

Extremely important

Higher than 97%

of 894 occupations

$60,390 median (2025)

Associate's degree · +4.9% 2025-35

11

Cartographers and Photogrammetrists

O*NET-SOC 17-1021.00

4.87 of 5

Extremely important

Higher than 97%

of 894 occupations

$81,390 median (2025)

Bachelor's degree · +7.4% 2025-35

12

Physicians, Pathologists

O*NET-SOC 29-1222.00

4.87 of 5

Extremely important

Higher than 97%

of 894 occupations

$312,400 median (2025)

Doctoral or professional degree · +4.8% 2025-35

13

Customs Brokers

O*NET-SOC 13-1041.08

4.85 of 5

Extremely important

Higher than 96%

of 894 occupations

$80,730 median (2025)

Bachelor's degree · +3.8% 2025-35

14

Quality Control Analysts

O*NET-SOC 19-4099.01

4.85 of 5

Extremely important

Higher than 96%

of 894 occupations

$62,280 median (2025)

Associate's degree · +4.4% 2025-35

15

Geodetic Surveyors

O*NET-SOC 17-1022.01

4.85 of 5

Extremely important

Higher than 96%

of 894 occupations

$75,440 median (2025)

Bachelor's degree · +5.8% 2025-35

16

Anesthesiologists

O*NET-SOC 29-1211.00

4.85 of 5

Extremely important

Higher than 96%

of 894 occupations

$391,490 median (2025)

Doctoral or professional degree · +3.6% 2025-35

17

Medical Dosimetrists

O*NET-SOC 29-2036.00

4.85 of 5

Extremely important

Higher than 96%

of 894 occupations

$147,470 median (2025)

Bachelor's degree · +5% 2025-35

18

Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers

O*NET-SOC 53-2011.00

4.84 of 5

Extremely important

Higher than 95%

of 894 occupations

$232,140 median (2025)

Bachelor's degree · +8.3% 2025-35

19

Anesthesiologist Assistants

O*NET-SOC 29-1071.01

4.83 of 5

Extremely important

Higher than 95%

of 894 occupations

$135,880 median (2025)

Master's degree · +21.1% 2025-35

20

Opticians, Dispensing

O*NET-SOC 29-2081.00

4.83 of 5

Extremely important

Higher than 95%

of 894 occupations

$47,260 median (2025)

High school diploma or equivalent · +4.2% 2025-35

21

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists

O*NET-SOC 29-2035.00

4.83 of 5

Extremely important

Higher than 95%

of 894 occupations

$95,480 median (2025)

Associate's degree · +7.7% 2025-35

22

Orthodontists

O*NET-SOC 29-1023.00

4.83 of 5

Extremely important

Higher than 95%

of 894 occupations

$289,140 median (2025)

Doctoral or professional degree · +6% 2025-35

23

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons

O*NET-SOC 29-1022.00

4.83 of 5

Extremely important

Higher than 95%

of 894 occupations

$352,220 median (2025)

Doctoral or professional degree · +5.6% 2025-35

24

Critical Care Nurses

O*NET-SOC 29-1141.03

4.82 of 5

Extremely important

Higher than 94%

of 894 occupations

$97,550 median (2025)

Bachelor's degree · +5.6% 2025-35

25

Public Safety Telecommunicators

O*NET-SOC 43-5031.00

4.82 of 5

Extremely important

Higher than 94%

of 894 occupations

$53,040 median (2025)

High school diploma or equivalent · +3.7% 2025-35

Values are mean ratings from O*NET 30.3; most come from surveys of people in the occupation, some from occupational experts, and some for newer occupations from O*NET analysts. Wage, education and outlook are from BLS Employment Projections, Table 1.2 for the matching SOC code and are blank where BLS publishes no line item.

How this was measured

Importance of Being Exact or Accurate (O*NET element 4.C.3.b.4). The question put to incumbents: “How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job?”

  1. 1

    Not important at all

  2. 2

    Fairly important

  3. 3

    Important

  4. 4

    Very important

  5. 5

    Extremely important

894 of 894 occupations have a published, unsuppressed value for this element. The percentile beside each occupation is its position among them.

The full method, including how ties are broken and what the data cannot tell you, is on the methodology page.

The restriction applied

Only occupations with projected employment growth above 3.5% over 2025-35, the BLS projection for all occupations are listed: 405 of 894 qualify.

The unrestricted ranking is at Jobs where being exact and accurate matters most.

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The explorer ranks all occupations on any set of measures you choose, with the same values and the same arithmetic as this page.

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This page includes information from the O*NET 30.3 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. RoleSprint has modified all or some of this information. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications. Wage, education and outlook figures are reproduced from BLS Employment Projections, Table 1.2, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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