Work Context Index
Jobs where you sit for most of the day that are growing faster than average
Jobs where you sit for most of the day, 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 involve the most sitting 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 Spend Time Sitting, highest first, 25 are listed: 13 also appear in the unrestricted ranking and 12 enter only under this restriction, led by Mental Health Counselors (4.82 of 5), Database Architects (4.81 of 5), Bioinformatics Scientists (4.81 of 5). The strongest overall are Public Safety Telecommunicators (4.99 of 5), Software Developers (4.95 of 5), Actuaries (4.93 of 5). Their median BLS wage is $100,580 (2025, 25 of 25 with a BLS line item), and 2 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
- Spend Time Sitting: "How much does this job require sitting?"
- Scale
- 1 = Never; 3 = About half the time; 5 = Continually or almost continually. 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 “sit down jobs”. This page answers that with the measurement behind it: Spend Time Sitting, 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 Spend Time Sitting, highest first. Scale: 1 = Never; 5 = Continually or almost continually.
| # | Occupation | O*NET value | Rank | BLS wage and education |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Public Safety Telecommunicators O*NET-SOC 43-5031.00 | 4.99 of 5 Continually or almost continually | Higher than 99% of 894 occupations | $53,040 median (2025) High school diploma or equivalent · +3.7% 2025-35 |
| 2 | Software Developers O*NET-SOC 15-1252.00 | 4.95 of 5 Continually or almost continually | Higher than 99% of 894 occupations | $135,980 median (2025) Bachelor's degree · +10.2% 2025-35 |
| 3 | Actuaries O*NET-SOC 15-2011.00 | 4.93 of 5 Continually or almost continually | Higher than 99% of 894 occupations | $130,000 median (2025) Bachelor's degree · +9.2% 2025-35 |
| 4 | Regulatory Affairs Specialists O*NET-SOC 13-1041.07 | 4.90 of 5 Continually or almost continually | Higher than 99% of 894 occupations | $80,730 median (2025) Bachelor's degree · +3.8% 2025-35 |
| 5 | Customs Brokers O*NET-SOC 13-1041.08 | 4.90 of 5 Continually or almost continually | Higher than 99% of 894 occupations | $80,730 median (2025) Bachelor's degree · +3.8% 2025-35 |
| 6 | Information Security Engineers O*NET-SOC 15-1299.05 | 4.89 of 5 Continually or almost continually | Higher than 99% of 894 occupations | $116,580 median (2025) Bachelor's degree · +5.1% 2025-35 |
| 7 | Fundraising Managers O*NET-SOC 11-2033.00 | 4.88 of 5 Continually or almost continually | Higher than 99% of 894 occupations | $125,470 median (2025) Bachelor's degree · +5.4% 2025-35 |
| 8 | Search Marketing Strategists O*NET-SOC 13-1161.01 | 4.87 of 5 Continually or almost continually | Higher than 98% of 894 occupations | $78,760 median (2025) Bachelor's degree · +7% 2025-35 |
| 9 | Data Warehousing Specialists O*NET-SOC 15-1243.01 | 4.86 of 5 Continually or almost continually | Higher than 98% of 894 occupations | $139,500 median (2025) Bachelor's degree · +9.4% 2025-35 |
| 10 | Clinical Data Managers O*NET-SOC 15-2051.02 | 4.85 of 5 Continually or almost continually | Higher than 98% of 894 occupations | $120,230 median (2025) Bachelor's degree · +34.6% 2025-35 |
| 11 | Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity O*NET-SOC 53-3052.00 | 4.85 of 5 Continually or almost continually | Higher than 98% of 894 occupations | $59,050 median (2025) High school diploma or equivalent · +4.1% 2025-35 |
| 12 | Video Game Designers O*NET-SOC 15-1255.01 | 4.84 of 5 Continually or almost continually | Higher than 97% of 894 occupations | $104,000 median (2025) Bachelor's degree · +6% 2025-35 |
| 13 | Cartographers and Photogrammetrists O*NET-SOC 17-1021.00 | 4.83 of 5 Continually or almost continually | Higher than 97% of 894 occupations | $81,390 median (2025) Bachelor's degree · +7.4% 2025-35 |
| 14 | Mental Health Counselors O*NET-SOC 21-1014.00 | 4.82 of 5 Continually or almost continually | Higher than 97% of 894 occupations | $59,350 median (2025) Master's degree · +18.4% 2025-35 |
| 15 | Database Architects O*NET-SOC 15-1243.00 | 4.81 of 5 Continually or almost continually | Higher than 97% of 894 occupations | $139,500 median (2025) Bachelor's degree · +9.4% 2025-35 |
| 16 | Bioinformatics Scientists O*NET-SOC 19-1029.01 | 4.81 of 5 Continually or almost continually | Higher than 97% of 894 occupations | $98,920 median (2025) Bachelor's degree · +4.7% 2025-35 |
| 17 | Web Developers O*NET-SOC 15-1254.00 | 4.79 of 5 Continually or almost continually | Higher than 96% of 894 occupations | $92,650 median (2025) Bachelor's degree · +3.8% 2025-35 |
| 18 | Medical Dosimetrists O*NET-SOC 29-2036.00 | 4.79 of 5 Continually or almost continually | Higher than 96% of 894 occupations | $147,470 median (2025) Bachelor's degree · +5% 2025-35 |
| 19 | Clinical and Counseling Psychologists O*NET-SOC 19-3033.00 | 4.78 of 5 Continually or almost continually | Higher than 96% of 894 occupations | $100,580 median (2025) Doctoral or professional degree · +11.7% 2025-35 |
| 20 | Financial Examiners O*NET-SOC 13-2061.00 | 4.78 of 5 Continually or almost continually | Higher than 96% of 894 occupations | $94,160 median (2025) Bachelor's degree · +9.3% 2025-35 |
| 21 | Business Intelligence Analysts O*NET-SOC 15-2051.01 | 4.77 of 5 Continually or almost continually | Higher than 96% of 894 occupations | $120,230 median (2025) Bachelor's degree · +34.6% 2025-35 |
| 22 | Art Directors O*NET-SOC 27-1011.00 | 4.76 of 5 Continually or almost continually | Higher than 95% of 894 occupations | $114,850 median (2025) Bachelor's degree · +4.2% 2025-35 |
| 23 | Investment Fund Managers O*NET-SOC 11-3031.03 | 4.75 of 5 between "More than half the time" and "Continually or almost continually" | Higher than 95% of 894 occupations | $166,570 median (2025) Bachelor's degree · +9.7% 2025-35 |
| 24 | Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators O*NET-SOC 23-1022.00 | 4.75 of 5 between "More than half the time" and "Continually or almost continually" | Higher than 95% of 894 occupations | $75,530 median (2025) Bachelor's degree · +4.7% 2025-35 |
| 25 | Equal Opportunity Representatives and Officers O*NET-SOC 13-1041.03 | 4.74 of 5 between "More than half the time" and "Continually or almost continually" | Higher than 95% of 894 occupations | $80,730 median (2025) Bachelor's degree · +3.8% 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
Spend Time Sitting (O*NET element 4.C.2.d.1.a). The question put to incumbents: “How much does this job require sitting?”
- 1
Never
- 2
Less than half the time
- 3
About half the time
- 4
More than half the time
- 5
Continually or almost continually
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 you sit for most of the day.
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.