---
title: "Remote-Friendly Careers"
description: "Desk-based occupations with high electronic communication and low physical or outdoor demands, the work-context profile that travels well to remote work."
canonical: "https://nuecareer.com/careers/remote-friendly-careers"
last-updated: "2026-08-23T15:56:39.581Z"
---

# Remote-Friendly Careers

Desk-based occupations with high electronic communication and low physical or outdoor demands, the work-context profile that travels well to remote work.

30 occupations, in the ranked order the career bank computed. Wages are BLS OEWS, May 2025. Growth figures are BLS Employment Projections and education is the BLS "typical education needed for entry".

| # | Occupation | Median annual wage | Projected growth | Typical education |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Industrial-Organizational Psychologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/industrial-organizational-psychologist) | $193,950 | +6.3% | Master's |
| 2 | [IT Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/it-manager) | $175,140 | +15.2% | Bachelor's |
| 3 | [Physicist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/physicist) | $172,250 | +4.0% | Doctorate |
| 4 | [Architectural and Engineering Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/architectural-and-engineering-manager) | $171,270 | +3.8% | Bachelor's |
| 5 | [Natural Sciences Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/natural-sciences-manager) | $167,220 | +3.7% | Bachelor's |
| 6 | [Marketing Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/marketing-manager) | $166,790 | +6.6% | Bachelor's |
| 7 | [Financial Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/financial-manager) | $166,570 | +14.8% | Bachelor's |
| 8 | [Treasurer and Controller](https://nuecareer.com/careers/treasurer-and-controller) | $166,570 | +14.8% | Bachelor's |
| 9 | [Investment Fund Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/investment-fund-manager) | $166,570 | +14.8% | Bachelor's |
| 10 | [Computer Hardware Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/computer-hardware-engineer) | $161,740 | +7.3% | Bachelor's |
| 11 | [Lawyer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/lawyer) | $159,670 | +4.1% | Doctorate |
| 12 | [Human Resources Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/human-resources-manager) | $149,280 | +5.0% | Bachelor's |
| 13 | [Compensation and Benefits Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/compensation-and-benefits-manager) | $149,230 | +0.2% | Bachelor's |
| 14 | [Purchasing Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/purchasing-manager) | $148,080 | +3.1% | Bachelor's |
| 15 | [Political Scientist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/political-scientist) | $142,080 | -3.1% | Master's |
| 16 | [Regulatory Affairs Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/regulatory-affairs-manager) | $141,900 | +4.5% | Bachelor's |
| 17 | [Compliance Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/compliance-manager) | $141,900 | +4.5% | Bachelor's |
| 18 | [Computer and Information Research Scientist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/computer-and-information-research-scientist) | $140,300 | +19.7% | Master's |
| 19 | [Database Architect](https://nuecareer.com/careers/database-architect) | $139,500 | +8.7% | Bachelor's |
| 20 | [Data Warehousing Specialist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/data-warehousing-specialist) | $139,500 | +8.7% | Bachelor's |
| 21 | [Software Developer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/software-developer) | $135,980 | +15.8% | Bachelor's |
| 22 | [Aerospace Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/aerospace-engineer) | $134,960 | +6.1% | Bachelor's |
| 23 | [Computer Network Architect](https://nuecareer.com/careers/computer-network-architect) | $134,050 | +11.9% | Bachelor's |
| 24 | [Training and Development Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/training-and-development-manager) | $133,000 | +5.8% | Bachelor's |
| 25 | [Electronics Engineer, Except Computer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/electronics-engineer) | $130,220 | +6.2% | Bachelor's |
| 26 | [Radio Frequency Identification Device Specialist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/radio-frequency-identification-device-specialist) | $130,220 | +6.2% | Bachelor's |
| 27 | [Actuary](https://nuecareer.com/careers/actuary) | $130,000 | +21.8% | Bachelor's |
| 28 | [Information Security Analyst](https://nuecareer.com/careers/information-security-analyst) | $129,180 | +28.5% | Bachelor's |
| 29 | [Astronomer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/astronomer) | $128,820 | +2.2% | Doctorate |
| 30 | [Law Teacher, Postsecondary](https://nuecareer.com/careers/law-teacher-postsecondary) | $128,500 | +2.2% | Doctorate |

Full record for any row, including wage percentiles and state-level pay: https://nuecareer.com/careers/{slug} or https://nuecareer.com/api/v1/careers/{slug}.

---

This bank 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 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). O\*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. NueCareer has transformed the data by joining it to BLS wage and projection data and deriving facet, personality-fit and AI-resilience scores. BLS and BEA data are public domain (17 U.S.C. §105).

O\*NET content is used under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). How these figures are sourced and derived: https://nuecareer.com/careers/methodology

JSON representation of this page: https://nuecareer.com/api/v1/collections/remote-friendly-careers