High Openness
You enjoy ideas, imagination and new experiences, and you like abstract thinking.
Openness (Intellect/Imagination) is one of the Big Five personality traits. It describes how much you enjoy ideas, imagination and new experiences. Everyone falls somewhere on the scale; neither end is better.
Typical strengths
- Curiosity
- Creative thinking
- Learning fast
- Seeing the big picture
Careers that reward curiosity and new ideas
Ranked by how much these jobs rely on the O*NET 31.0 Work Styles linked to Openness (Intellect/Imagination): Intellectual Curiosity and Innovation.
- 1Computer and Information Research ScientistsGraduate degree$140,300
- 2Nanosystems EngineersGraduate degree—
- 3PhysicistsGraduate degree$172,250
- 4Biochemists and BiophysicistsGraduate degree$127,410
- 5Bioinformatics ScientistsGraduate degree—
- 6AstronomersGraduate degree$128,820
- 7MathematiciansGraduate degree$126,710
- 8Bioengineers and Biomedical EngineersBachelor's degree$109,370
- 9GeneticistsGraduate degree—
- 10Materials ScientistsBachelor's degree$117,790
- 11Data ScientistsBachelor's degree$120,230
- 12ChemistsBachelor's degree$91,240
- 13Medical Scientists, Except EpidemiologistsGraduate degree$103,410
- 14Molecular and Cellular BiologistsGraduate degree—
- 15Video Game DesignersBachelor's degree—
Pay: BLS OEWS May 2025 national median (— when only a broader group figure exists).
College majors that lead to these careers
- Plant Molecular Biology
- Cell Biology and Anatomy
- Mycology
- Microbial and Eukaryotic Genetics
- Population Biology
- Systematic Biology/Biological Systematics
- Developmental Biology and Embryology
- Structural Biology
From the NCES CIP–SOC crosswalk. Major pages open in a later stage.
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