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Jobs with the least customer and public interaction that pay above the U.S. median

Jobs with the least customer and public interaction, restricted to occupations with a BLS median annual wage above $50,980, the 2025 median for all U.S. 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 have the least dealing with customers or the public that pay above the U.S. median wage?

Only 594 of the 894 occupations O*NET 30.3 rates have a BLS median annual wage above $50,980, the 2025 median for all U.S. occupations. Ranked by Deal With External Customers or the Public in General, lowest first, 25 are listed: 11 also appear in the unrestricted ranking and 14 enter only under this restriction, led by Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders (1.69 of 5), Semiconductor Processing Technicians (1.72 of 5), Industrial Machinery Mechanics (1.74 of 5). The strongest overall are Roof Bolters, Mining (1.09 of 5), Pourers and Casters, Metal (1.11 of 5), Continuous Mining Machine Operators (1.22 of 5). Their median BLS wage is $62,620 (2025, 25 of 25 with a BLS line item), and 20 of the 25 with BLS education data typically need less than a bachelor's degree.

Occupations compared
594 of 894 O*NET occupations qualify (a BLS median annual wage above $50,980, the 2025 median for all U.S. occupations); percentiles are still taken over all 894
What O*NET asks incumbents
Deal With External Customers or the Public in General: "How important is it to deal with external customers (as in retail sales) or the public in general (as in police work) in 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). 4 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 with no customer interaction”. This page answers that with the measurement behind it: Deal With External Customers or the Public in General, rated on a fixed 1-to-5 scale by people who do each job.

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 Deal With External Customers or the Public in General, lowest first. Scale: 1 = Not important at all; 5 = Extremely important.

#OccupationO*NET valueRankBLS wage and education
1

Roof Bolters, Mining

O*NET-SOC 47-5043.00

1.09 of 5

Not important at all

Lower than 99%

of 894 occupations

$78,540 median (2025)

High school diploma or equivalent · -18.9% 2025-35

2

Pourers and Casters, Metal

O*NET-SOC 51-4052.00

1.11 of 5

Not important at all

Lower than 99%

of 894 occupations

$51,810 median (2025)

High school diploma or equivalent · -5% 2025-35

3

Continuous Mining Machine Operators

O*NET-SOC 47-5041.00

1.22 of 5

Not important at all

Lower than 99%

of 894 occupations

$61,810 median (2025)

No formal educational credential · +3.2% 2025-35

4

Model Makers, Metal and Plastic

O*NET-SOC 51-4061.00

1.31 of 5

between "Not important at all" and "Fairly important"

Lower than 99%

of 894 occupations

$63,340 median (2025)

High school diploma or equivalent · -17.3% 2025-35

5

Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

O*NET-SOC 51-9012.00

1.39 of 5

between "Not important at all" and "Fairly important"

Lower than 99%

of 894 occupations

$51,610 median (2025)

High school diploma or equivalent · -5.7% 2025-35

6

Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators

O*NET-SOC 43-5053.00

1.41 of 5

between "Not important at all" and "Fairly important"

Lower than 99%

of 894 occupations

$58,470 median (2025)

No formal educational credential · -5.3% 2025-35

7

Timing Device Assemblers and Adjusters

O*NET-SOC 51-2061.00

1.45 of 5

between "Not important at all" and "Fairly important"

Lower than 99%

of 894 occupations

$62,620 median (2025)

High school diploma or equivalent · -6.1% 2025-35

8

Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons

O*NET-SOC 49-9045.00

1.64 of 5

between "Not important at all" and "Fairly important"

Lower than 98%

of 894 occupations

$61,290 median (2025)

High school diploma or equivalent · -13.7% 2025-35

9

Loading and Moving Machine Operators, Underground Mining

O*NET-SOC 47-5044.00

1.65 of 5

between "Not important at all" and "Fairly important"

Lower than 98%

of 894 occupations

$74,500 median (2025)

No formal educational credential · -15.8% 2025-35

10

Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders

O*NET-SOC 51-9011.00

1.68 of 5

between "Not important at all" and "Fairly important"

Lower than 97%

of 894 occupations

$58,040 median (2025)

High school diploma or equivalent · +3.6% 2025-35

11

Chemical Plant and System Operators

O*NET-SOC 51-8091.00

1.68 of 5

between "Not important at all" and "Fairly important"

Lower than 97%

of 894 occupations

$78,120 median (2025)

High school diploma or equivalent · -5.2% 2025-35

12

Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders

O*NET-SOC 51-4051.00

1.69 of 5

between "Not important at all" and "Fairly important"

Lower than 97%

of 894 occupations

$54,430 median (2025)

High school diploma or equivalent · -2.9% 2025-35

13

Semiconductor Processing Technicians

O*NET-SOC 51-9141.00

1.72 of 5

between "Not important at all" and "Fairly important"

Lower than 97%

of 894 occupations

$51,430 median (2025)

High school diploma or equivalent · +8.2% 2025-35

14

Industrial Machinery Mechanics

O*NET-SOC 49-9041.00

1.74 of 5

between "Not important at all" and "Fairly important"

Lower than 97%

of 894 occupations

$64,520 median (2025)

High school diploma or equivalent · +17.8% 2025-35

15

Nuclear Technicians

O*NET-SOC 19-4051.00

1.74 of 5

between "Not important at all" and "Fairly important"

Lower than 97%

of 894 occupations

$110,240 median (2025)

Associate's degree · +1.1% 2025-35

16

Food Science Technicians

O*NET-SOC 19-4013.00

1.79 of 5

Fairly important

Lower than 96%

of 894 occupations

$52,130 median (2025)

Associate's degree · +4.8% 2025-35

17

Network and Computer Systems Administrators

O*NET-SOC 15-1244.00

1.80 of 5

Fairly important

Lower than 96%

of 894 occupations

$99,130 median (2025)

Bachelor's degree · -4.1% 2025-35

18

Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters

O*NET-SOC 51-2041.00

1.80 of 5

Fairly important

Lower than 96%

of 894 occupations

$51,330 median (2025)

High school diploma or equivalent · -6.2% 2025-35

19

Biochemists and Biophysicists

O*NET-SOC 19-1021.00

1.80 of 5

Fairly important

Lower than 96%

of 894 occupations

$127,410 median (2025)

Doctoral or professional degree · +12.3% 2025-35

20

Tool and Die Makers

O*NET-SOC 51-4111.00

1.84 of 5

Fairly important

Lower than 96%

of 894 occupations

$64,050 median (2025)

Postsecondary nondegree award · -9.2% 2025-35

21

Fallers

O*NET-SOC 45-4021.00

1.84 of 5

Fairly important

Lower than 96%

of 894 occupations

$52,100 median (2025)

High school diploma or equivalent · -9.9% 2025-35

22

Geneticists

O*NET-SOC 19-1029.03

1.88 of 5

Fairly important

Lower than 95%

of 894 occupations

$98,920 median (2025)

Bachelor's degree · +4.7% 2025-35

23

Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary

O*NET-SOC 25-1124.00

1.88 of 5

Fairly important

Lower than 95%

of 894 occupations

$79,350 median (2025)

Doctoral or professional degree · +0.2% 2025-35

24

Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

O*NET-SOC 51-4035.00

1.88 of 5

Fairly important

Lower than 95%

of 894 occupations

$52,800 median (2025)

High school diploma or equivalent · -13.2% 2025-35

25

Poets, Lyricists and Creative Writers

O*NET-SOC 27-3043.05

1.91 of 5

Fairly important

Lower than 95%

of 894 occupations

$76,910 median (2025)

Bachelor's degree · -0.3% 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

Deal With External Customers or the Public in General (O*NET element 4.C.1.b.1.f). The question put to incumbents: “How important is it to deal with external customers (as in retail sales) or the public in general (as in police work) in 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 a BLS median annual wage above $50,980, the 2025 median for all U.S. occupations are listed: 594 of 894 qualify.

The unrestricted ranking is at Jobs with the least customer and public interaction.

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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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