19 high-paying jobs for shy people
Shy people are often at risk of getting shouted over and ignored in certain office settings, regardless of how talented and competent they are.
However, that doesn't mean that reserved, quiet employees always have to be relegated to workplace wallflowers.
Some occupations actually seem tailor-made for the shyer individuals among us.
Business Insider reviewed the Occupational Information Network (O*NET), a US Department of Labor database that compiles detailed information on hundreds of jobs, and looked at salary data on the US Bureau of Labor Statistics' website to find positions with a median annual salary of over $75,000 that do not require much social interaction.
O*NET ranks how important "preferring work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job" is in any job, assigning each a "social orientation importance level" between 1 and 100.
Here are 19 high-paying positions with a social orientation importance level of 39 or lower:
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