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Jobs with the least time pressure that are growing faster than average

Jobs with the least time pressure, 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 fewest strict deadlines 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 Time Pressure, lowest first, 25 are listed: 9 also appear in the unrestricted ranking and 16 enter only under this restriction, led by Midwives (2.8 of 5), Social Science Research Assistants (2.85 of 5), Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers (2.87 of 5). The strongest overall are Bartenders (1.75 of 5), Amusement and Recreation Attendants (1.98 of 5), Baristas (2.14 of 5). Their median BLS wage is $46,170 (2025, 25 of 25 with a BLS line item), and 18 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
Time Pressure: "How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines?"
Scale
1 = Never; 3 = Once a month or more but not every week; 5 = Every day. 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 with no deadlines”. O*NET does not measure whether a job has no deadlines at all, so this ranking is built from what it does measure: Time Pressure, 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 Time Pressure, lowest first. Scale: 1 = Never; 5 = Every day.

#OccupationO*NET valueRankBLS wage and education
1

Bartenders

O*NET-SOC 35-3011.00

1.75 of 5

between "Never" and "Once a year or more but not every month"

Lower than 99%

of 894 occupations

$34,340 median (2025)

No formal educational credential · +5% 2025-35

2

Amusement and Recreation Attendants

O*NET-SOC 39-3091.00

1.98 of 5

Once a year or more but not every month

Lower than 99%

of 894 occupations

$32,150 median (2025)

No formal educational credential · +3.7% 2025-35

3

Baristas

O*NET-SOC 35-3023.01

2.14 of 5

Once a year or more but not every month

Lower than 99%

of 894 occupations

$31,200 median (2025)

No formal educational credential · +5.8% 2025-35

4

Manicurists and Pedicurists

O*NET-SOC 39-5092.00

2.23 of 5

Once a year or more but not every month

Lower than 99%

of 894 occupations

$35,760 median (2025)

Postsecondary nondegree award · +9.2% 2025-35

5

Massage Therapists

O*NET-SOC 31-9011.00

2.28 of 5

between "Once a year or more but not every month" and "Once a month or more but not every week"

Lower than 99%

of 894 occupations

$58,450 median (2025)

Postsecondary nondegree award · +15.3% 2025-35

6

Fast Food and Counter Workers

O*NET-SOC 35-3023.00

2.40 of 5

between "Once a year or more but not every month" and "Once a month or more but not every week"

Lower than 99%

of 894 occupations

$31,200 median (2025)

No formal educational credential · +5.8% 2025-35

7

Skincare Specialists

O*NET-SOC 39-5094.00

2.59 of 5

between "Once a year or more but not every month" and "Once a month or more but not every week"

Lower than 98%

of 894 occupations

$45,330 median (2025)

Postsecondary nondegree award · +8.8% 2025-35

8

Rock Splitters, Quarry

O*NET-SOC 47-5051.00

2.61 of 5

between "Once a year or more but not every month" and "Once a month or more but not every week"

Lower than 98%

of 894 occupations

$48,740 median (2025)

No formal educational credential · +5.8% 2025-35

9

Environmental Economists

O*NET-SOC 19-3011.01

2.77 of 5

Once a month or more but not every week

Lower than 97%

of 894 occupations

$124,720 median (2025)

Master's degree · +4.7% 2025-35

10

Midwives

O*NET-SOC 29-9099.01

2.80 of 5

Once a month or more but not every week

Lower than 97%

of 894 occupations

$65,790 median (2025)

Postsecondary nondegree award · +5.1% 2025-35

11

Social Science Research Assistants

O*NET-SOC 19-4061.00

2.85 of 5

Once a month or more but not every week

Lower than 97%

of 894 occupations

$61,990 median (2025)

Bachelor's degree · +5% 2025-35

12

Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers

O*NET-SOC 35-9011.00

2.87 of 5

Once a month or more but not every week

Lower than 96%

of 894 occupations

$33,980 median (2025)

No formal educational credential · +5.3% 2025-35

13

Animal Trainers

O*NET-SOC 39-2011.00

2.89 of 5

Once a month or more but not every week

Lower than 96%

of 894 occupations

$39,990 median (2025)

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

14

Park Naturalists

O*NET-SOC 19-1031.03

2.90 of 5

Once a month or more but not every week

Lower than 96%

of 894 occupations

$73,010 median (2025)

Bachelor's degree · +5.3% 2025-35

15

Astronomers

O*NET-SOC 19-2011.00

2.91 of 5

Once a month or more but not every week

Lower than 96%

of 894 occupations

$128,820 median (2025)

Doctoral or professional degree · +7.8% 2025-35

16

Geneticists

O*NET-SOC 19-1029.03

2.92 of 5

Once a month or more but not every week

Lower than 96%

of 894 occupations

$98,920 median (2025)

Bachelor's degree · +4.7% 2025-35

17

Passenger Attendants

O*NET-SOC 53-6061.00

2.92 of 5

Once a month or more but not every week

Lower than 96%

of 894 occupations

$37,720 median (2025)

High school diploma or equivalent · +6% 2025-35

18

Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors

O*NET-SOC 39-9031.00

2.95 of 5

Once a month or more but not every week

Lower than 95%

of 894 occupations

$47,160 median (2025)

High school diploma or equivalent · +7.3% 2025-35

19

Low Vision Therapists, Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and Vision Rehabilitation Therapists

O*NET-SOC 29-1122.01

2.96 of 5

Once a month or more but not every week

Lower than 95%

of 894 occupations

$100,330 median (2025)

Master's degree · +14.8% 2025-35

20

Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers

O*NET-SOC 33-9092.00

2.98 of 5

Once a month or more but not every week

Lower than 95%

of 894 occupations

$33,580 median (2025)

No formal educational credential · +5.5% 2025-35

21

Potters, Manufacturing

O*NET-SOC 51-9195.05

3.00 of 5

Once a month or more but not every week

Lower than 94%

of 894 occupations

$46,170 median (2025)

High school diploma or equivalent · +5.8% 2025-35

22

Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas

O*NET-SOC 47-5023.00

3.00 of 5

Once a month or more but not every week

Lower than 94%

of 894 occupations

$60,190 median (2025)

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

23

Cooks, Restaurant

O*NET-SOC 35-2014.00

3.03 of 5

Once a month or more but not every week

Lower than 94%

of 894 occupations

$37,390 median (2025)

No formal educational credential · +12.1% 2025-35

24

Acupuncturists

O*NET-SOC 29-1291.00

3.03 of 5

Once a month or more but not every week

Lower than 94%

of 894 occupations

$76,040 median (2025)

Master's degree · +8.6% 2025-35

25

Physical Therapist Aides

O*NET-SOC 31-2022.00

3.04 of 5

Once a month or more but not every week

Lower than 94%

of 894 occupations

$35,240 median (2025)

High school diploma or equivalent · +4% 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

Time Pressure (O*NET element 4.C.3.d.1). The question put to incumbents: “How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines?”

  1. 1

    Never

  2. 2

    Once a year or more but not every month

  3. 3

    Once a month or more but not every week

  4. 4

    Once a week or more but not every day

  5. 5

    Every day

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 time pressure.

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.

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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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