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Jobs with the least customer and public interaction that are growing faster than average

Jobs with the least customer and public interaction, 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 have the least dealing with customers or the public 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 Deal With External Customers or the Public in General, lowest first, 25 are listed: 1 also appear in the unrestricted ranking and 24 enter only under this restriction, led by Semiconductor Processing Technicians (1.72 of 5), Industrial Machinery Mechanics (1.74 of 5), Food Science Technicians (1.79 of 5). The strongest overall are Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders (1.68 of 5), Semiconductor Processing Technicians (1.72 of 5), Industrial Machinery Mechanics (1.74 of 5). Their median BLS wage is $78,760 (2025, 25 of 25 with a BLS line item), and 12 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
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). 5 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

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

2

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

3

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

4

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

5

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

6

Agricultural Equipment Operators

O*NET-SOC 45-2091.00

1.88 of 5

Fairly important

Lower than 95%

of 894 occupations

$41,730 median (2025)

No formal educational credential · +8.6% 2025-35

7

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

8

Biological Technicians

O*NET-SOC 19-4021.00

1.91 of 5

Fairly important

Lower than 95%

of 894 occupations

$57,510 median (2025)

Bachelor's degree · +7.4% 2025-35

9

Data Warehousing Specialists

O*NET-SOC 15-1243.01

1.91 of 5

Fairly important

Lower than 95%

of 894 occupations

$139,500 median (2025)

Bachelor's degree · +9.4% 2025-35

10

Software Developers

O*NET-SOC 15-1252.00

1.93 of 5

Fairly important

Lower than 94%

of 894 occupations

$135,980 median (2025)

Bachelor's degree · +10.2% 2025-35

11

Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders

O*NET-SOC 51-9111.00

1.95 of 5

Fairly important

Lower than 94%

of 894 occupations

$43,220 median (2025)

High school diploma or equivalent · +4.1% 2025-35

12

Psychiatric Technicians

O*NET-SOC 29-2053.00

1.96 of 5

Fairly important

Lower than 94%

of 894 occupations

$45,130 median (2025)

Postsecondary nondegree award · +22.3% 2025-35

13

Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders

O*NET-SOC 51-9193.00

1.96 of 5

Fairly important

Lower than 94%

of 894 occupations

$41,330 median (2025)

High school diploma or equivalent · +5.9% 2025-35

14

Food Batchmakers

O*NET-SOC 51-3092.00

1.99 of 5

Fairly important

Lower than 94%

of 894 occupations

$42,290 median (2025)

High school diploma or equivalent · +6.5% 2025-35

15

Business Intelligence Analysts

O*NET-SOC 15-2051.01

2.00 of 5

Fairly important

Lower than 93%

of 894 occupations

$120,230 median (2025)

Bachelor's degree · +34.6% 2025-35

16

Astronomers

O*NET-SOC 19-2011.00

2.04 of 5

Fairly important

Lower than 93%

of 894 occupations

$128,820 median (2025)

Doctoral or professional degree · +7.8% 2025-35

17

Video Game Designers

O*NET-SOC 15-1255.01

2.05 of 5

Fairly important

Lower than 92%

of 894 occupations

$104,000 median (2025)

Bachelor's degree · +6% 2025-35

18

Search Marketing Strategists

O*NET-SOC 13-1161.01

2.09 of 5

Fairly important

Lower than 92%

of 894 occupations

$78,760 median (2025)

Bachelor's degree · +7% 2025-35

19

Electrical and Electronics Installers and Repairers, Transportation Equipment

O*NET-SOC 49-2093.00

2.10 of 5

Fairly important

Lower than 92%

of 894 occupations

$84,890 median (2025)

Postsecondary nondegree award · +5.4% 2025-35

20

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

O*NET-SOC 15-1253.00

2.12 of 5

Fairly important

Lower than 91%

of 894 occupations

$104,300 median (2025)

Bachelor's degree · +5.7% 2025-35

21

Molecular and Cellular Biologists

O*NET-SOC 19-1029.02

2.15 of 5

Fairly important

Lower than 91%

of 894 occupations

$98,920 median (2025)

Bachelor's degree · +4.7% 2025-35

22

Quality Control Analysts

O*NET-SOC 19-4099.01

2.16 of 5

Fairly important

Lower than 90%

of 894 occupations

$62,280 median (2025)

Associate's degree · +4.4% 2025-35

23

Physicists

O*NET-SOC 19-2012.00

2.16 of 5

Fairly important

Lower than 90%

of 894 occupations

$172,250 median (2025)

Doctoral or professional degree · +7.2% 2025-35

24

Electronics Engineers, Except Computer

O*NET-SOC 17-2072.00

2.17 of 5

Fairly important

Lower than 90%

of 894 occupations

$130,220 median (2025)

Bachelor's degree · +3.7% 2025-35

25

Rock Splitters, Quarry

O*NET-SOC 47-5051.00

2.17 of 5

Fairly important

Lower than 90%

of 894 occupations

$48,740 median (2025)

No formal educational credential · +5.8% 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

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 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 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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