141 careers · real pay data · built for high schoolers

What careers exist, and how to actually get into them.

Entry and senior-tier pay, where each field splits, what school costs, and the specific steps that get you in: internships, exams, gap years, recruiting windows.

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Start with you

What are you into?

Tap anything that sounds like you. The career library opens filtered to match. You can stack more filters there.

Subjects you don't mind doing homework for

🔬 Science ➗ Math ✍️ Writing & English 🎨 Art & design 🏛️ History & society

How you'd rather spend a workday

🗣️ Working with people· Talking, teaching, selling, caring 🛠️ Working with my hands· Building, fixing, doing 🎧 Heads-down work· Analyzing, designing, coding, writing

What you want out of it

Earning real money fast, no big loans A stable, comfortable life A high ceiling, even if it takes years A big swing, knowing most people miss

Then follow the path.

You → a number → careers that hit it → where you'd live → finalists → school. About 30 minutes in order. Bookmark careers as you go; they show up as a shortlist in your profile and in Compare.

Set an income target

Pick the city you'd want to live in and the lifestyle you want there. That becomes one number, and every career on this site gets checked against it.

Set my target

Find careers that get you there

Browse by what you like and how long you're willing to be in school. With a target set, every card shows whether that career hits it by about 10 years in.

Browse careers

Then, if this is you

If you're aiming at an elite path

Know the exact gates

Investment banking, medicine, big law, big tech. Unusually high ceilings, unusually narrow entry. Here's what the gates are.

If you're skipping college

Real paths with real pay ceilings

Not a dead end. For plenty of careers it's the smarter financial move. Here's what entry-level looks like and how you level up.

See what the salary buys where you'd live

Rent, groceries, taxes, and savings, city by city. The same $90k is a comfortable life in Pittsburgh and a roommate situation in San Francisco.

Cost of living by city

Compare your finalists

Two careers side by side: starting pay, senior-tier pay, cheapest way in, and how long until school pays for itself.

Compare careers

Then decide what college needs to be

For some careers the school name is the whole game. For others it's irrelevant and you'd be paying $200k for nothing. Pick the career first. The school follows.

College decision guide