High Emotional Stability
You tend to stay calm under pressure and recover quickly from setbacks.
Emotional Stability is one of the Big Five personality traits. It describes how calm and steady you tend to feel under pressure. Everyone falls somewhere on the scale; neither end is better.
Typical strengths
- Staying calm
- Handling setbacks
- Steady decisions
- Working under time pressure
Careers that ask for calm under pressure
Ranked by how much these jobs rely on the O*NET 31.0 Work Styles linked to Emotional Stability: Stress Tolerance and Self-Control.
- 1Emergency Medicine PhysiciansGraduate degree$335,550
- 2Air Traffic ControllersCertificate or associate$148,080
- 3ParamedicsCertificate or associate$60,600
- 4FirefightersHigh school$59,280
- 5Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school$53,040
- 6Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight EngineersBachelor's degree$232,140
- 7Commercial PilotsCertificate or associate$123,220
- 8AnesthesiologistsGraduate degree$391,490
- 9Nurse AnesthetistsGraduate degree$236,590
- 10Anesthesiologist AssistantsGraduate degree—
- 11Acute Care NursesBachelor's degree—
- 12Critical Care NursesBachelor's degree—
- 13First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention WorkersCertificate or associate$93,530
- 14Emergency Management DirectorsBachelor's degree$93,330
- 15First-Line Supervisors of Correctional OfficersCertificate or associate$77,970
Pay: BLS OEWS May 2025 national median (— when only a broader group figure exists).
College majors that lead to these careers
- Nursing Administration
- Adult Health Nurse/Nursing
- Family Practice Nurse/Nursing
- Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing
- Nursing Science
- Pediatric Nurse/Nursing
- Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing
- Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing
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