Work Context Index
Jobs where being exact and accurate matters most without a bachelor's degree
Jobs where being exact and accurate matters most, restricted to occupations with a BLS typical entry-level education below a bachelor's degree (no formal credential, high school, some college, a postsecondary award or an associate's degree). 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 whose typical entry education is below a bachelor's degree?
Only 516 of the 894 occupations O*NET 30.3 rates have a BLS typical entry-level education below a bachelor's degree (no formal credential, high school, some college, a postsecondary award or an associate's degree). Ranked by Importance of Being Exact or Accurate, highest first, 25 are listed: 12 also appear in the unrestricted ranking and 13 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 Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers (5.0 of 5), Pharmacy Technicians (4.98 of 5), Gambling Cage Workers (4.97 of 5). Their median BLS wage is $58,650 (2025, 25 of 25 with a BLS line item), and 25 of the 25 with BLS education data typically need less than a bachelor's degree.
- Occupations compared
- 516 of 894 O*NET occupations qualify (a BLS typical entry-level education below a bachelor's degree (no formal credential, high school, some college, a postsecondary award or an associate's degree)); 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). 8 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.
| # | Occupation | O*NET value | Rank | BLS wage and education |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers O*NET-SOC 23-2093.00 | 5.00 of 5 Extremely important | Higher than 99% of 894 occupations | $58,650 median (2025) High school diploma or equivalent · +2.1% 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 | Gambling Cage Workers O*NET-SOC 43-3041.00 | 4.97 of 5 Extremely important | Higher than 99% of 894 occupations | $37,580 median (2025) High school diploma or equivalent · -3.1% 2025-35 |
| 4 | Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners O*NET-SOC 27-3092.00 | 4.96 of 5 Extremely important | Higher than 99% of 894 occupations | $72,420 median (2025) Postsecondary nondegree award · -0.1% 2025-35 |
| 5 | 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 |
| 6 | Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers O*NET-SOC 51-2021.00 | 4.92 of 5 Extremely important | Higher than 99% of 894 occupations | $48,220 median (2025) High school diploma or equivalent · -4% 2025-35 |
| 7 | Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks O*NET-SOC 43-3051.00 | 4.91 of 5 Extremely important | Higher than 98% of 894 occupations | $58,260 median (2025) High school diploma or equivalent · -15.9% 2025-35 |
| 8 | Millwrights O*NET-SOC 49-9044.00 | 4.91 of 5 Extremely important | Higher than 98% of 894 occupations | $65,700 median (2025) High school diploma or equivalent · +0.9% 2025-35 |
| 9 | Nuclear Power Reactor Operators O*NET-SOC 51-8011.00 | 4.91 of 5 Extremely important | Higher than 98% of 894 occupations | $122,890 median (2025) High school diploma or equivalent · -5.9% 2025-35 |
| 10 | 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 |
| 11 | Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners O*NET-SOC 49-9063.00 | 4.90 of 5 Extremely important | Higher than 98% of 894 occupations | $46,420 median (2025) High school diploma or equivalent · +1.9% 2025-35 |
| 12 | Data Entry Keyers O*NET-SOC 43-9021.00 | 4.87 of 5 Extremely important | Higher than 97% of 894 occupations | $41,340 median (2025) High school diploma or equivalent · -25.5% 2025-35 |
| 13 | 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 |
| 14 | 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 |
| 15 | 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 |
| 16 | Radiation Therapists O*NET-SOC 29-1124.00 | 4.86 of 5 Extremely important | Higher than 96% of 894 occupations | $105,310 median (2025) Associate's degree · +2.8% 2025-35 |
| 17 | Watch and Clock Repairers O*NET-SOC 49-9064.00 | 4.86 of 5 Extremely important | Higher than 96% of 894 occupations | $67,230 median (2025) High school diploma or equivalent · -0.3% 2025-35 |
| 18 | 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 |
| 19 | Procurement Clerks O*NET-SOC 43-3061.00 | 4.85 of 5 Extremely important | Higher than 96% of 894 occupations | $50,580 median (2025) High school diploma or equivalent · -8.1% 2025-35 |
| 20 | Gem and Diamond Workers O*NET-SOC 51-9071.06 | 4.85 of 5 Extremely important | Higher than 96% of 894 occupations | $52,540 median (2025) High school diploma or equivalent · -3.2% 2025-35 |
| 21 | Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers O*NET-SOC 41-2012.00 | 4.84 of 5 Extremely important | Higher than 95% of 894 occupations | $36,220 median (2025) No formal educational credential · -1.9% 2025-35 |
| 22 | 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 |
| 23 | 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 |
| 24 | Air Traffic Controllers O*NET-SOC 53-2021.00 | 4.83 of 5 Extremely important | Higher than 95% of 894 occupations | $148,080 median (2025) Associate's degree · +1.7% 2025-35 |
| 25 | Gambling Surveillance Officers and Gambling Investigators O*NET-SOC 33-9031.00 | 4.83 of 5 Extremely important | Higher than 95% of 894 occupations | $43,370 median (2025) High school diploma or equivalent · -1.8% 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
Not important at all
- 2
Fairly important
- 3
Important
- 4
Very important
- 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 a BLS typical entry-level education below a bachelor's degree (no formal credential, high school, some college, a postsecondary award or an associate's degree) are listed: 516 of 894 qualify.
The unrestricted ranking is at Jobs where being exact and accurate matters most.
Combine this with other conditions
The explorer ranks all occupations on any set of measures you choose, with the same values and the same arithmetic as this page.
Open the explorer with this selectionThis 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.
What to do next
These rankings describe occupations in general. The next question is whether a specific opening in one of them actually matches what you can show, and that is answered by comparing the posting with your resume.