15 high-paying jobs for people who don't like talking to others

Lowest-scoring communication skills:

1. Public speaking: 10

2. Speaking: 47

3. Social orientation: 54

What they do, according to O*NET: Set up, operate, or tend continuous flow or vat-type equipment; filter presses; shaker screens; centrifuges; condenser tubes; precipitating, fermenting, or evaporating tanks; scrubbing towers; or batch stills. These machines extract, sort, or separate liquids, gases, or solids from other materials to recover a refined product. Includes dairy processing equipment operators.

Median annual wage in 2018: $40,810

Number employed: 49,770

Lowest-scoring communication skills:

1. Public speaking: 10

2. Speaking: 47

3. Social orientation: 50

What they do, according to O*NET: Operate diesel or electric-powered shuttle cars in underground mines to transport materials from working face to mine cars or conveyor.

Median annual wage in 2018: $56,340

Number employed: 1,690

Lowest-scoring communication skills:

1. Public speaking: 7

2. Social orientation: 45

3. Speaking: 47

What they do, according to O*NET: Seal joints between plasterboard or other wallboard to prepare wall surface for painting or papering.

Median annual wage in 2018: $55,080

Number employed: 18,320

Lowest-scoring communication skills:

1. Public speaking: 7

2. Speaking: 44

3. Social orientation: 48

What they do, according to O*NET: Build or repair equipment such as furnaces, kilns, cupolas, boilers, converters, ladles, soaking pits and ovens, using refractory materials.

Median annual wage in 2018: $52,190

Number employed: 1,120

Lowest-scoring communication skills:

1. Public speaking: 17

2. Speaking: 41

3. Social orientation: 50

What they do, according to O*NET: Operate underground loading machine to load coal, ore, or rock into shuttle or mine car or onto conveyors. Loading equipment may include power shovels, hoisting engines equipped with cable-drawn scraper or scoop, or machines equipped with gathering arms and conveyor.

Median annual wage in 2018: $51,160

Number employed: 2,500

Lowest-scoring communication skills:

1. Public speaking: 3

2. Social orientation: 40

3. Speaking: 44

What they do, according to O*NET: Plan, lay out, and construct wooden unit or sectional patterns used in forming sand molds for castings.

Median annual wage in 2018: $60,940

Number employed: 530

Lowest-scoring communication skills:

1. Public speaking: 4

2. Social orientation: 46

3. Speaking: 50

What they do, according to O*NET: Repair, clean, and adjust mechanisms of timing instruments, such as watches and clocks. Includes watchmakers, watch technicians, and mechanical timepiece repairers.

Median annual wage in 2018: $39,910

Number employed: 2,610

Lowest-scoring communication skills:

1. Public speaking: 7

2. Speaking: 47

3. Contact with others: 54

What they do, according to O*NET: Set up, operate, or tend lathe and turning machines to turn, bore, thread, form, or face metal or plastic materials, such as wire, rod, or bar stock.

Median annual wage in 2018: $39,180

Number employed: 29,510

Lowest-scoring communication skills:

1. Public speaking: 3

2. Social orientation: 35

3. Speaking: 50

What they do, according to O*NET: Repair and adjust cameras and photographic equipment, including commercial video and motion picture camera equipment.

Median annual wage in 2018: $40,620

Number employed: 3,690

Lowest-scoring communication skills:

1. Public speaking: 11

2. Social orientation: 40

3. Speaking: 47

What they do, according to O*NET: Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul railroad rolling stock, mine cars, or mass transit rail cars.

Median annual wage in 2018: $56,220

Number employed: 24,720

Lowest-scoring communication skills:

1. Public speaking: 3

2. Social orientation: 39

3. Speaking: 50

What they do, according to O*NET: Repair and refinish automotive vehicle bodies and straighten vehicle frames.

Median annual wage in 2018: $42,730

Number employed: 142,060

Lowest-scoring communication skills:

1. Public speaking: 12

2. Social orientation: 49

3. Speaking: 50

What they do, according to O*NET: Integrate and develop visual elements, such as line, space, mass, color, and perspective, to produce desired effects, such as the illustration of ideas, emotions, or moods.

Median annual wage in 2018: $49,380

Number employed: 11,620

Lowest-scoring communication skills:

1. Public speaking: 15

2. Face-to-face discussions: 39

3. Speaking: 47

What they do, according to O*NET: Start rollers that bond tread and plies as drums revolve. Activate bead setters that press prefabricated beads onto plies. Inspect worn tires for faults, cracks, cuts and nail holes, and to determine if tires are suitable for retreading.

Median annual wage in 2018: $46,630

Number employed: 23,920

Lowest-scoring communication skills:

1. Public speaking: 7

2. Speaking: 46

3. Contact with others: 46

What they do, according to O*NET: Use axes or chainsaws to fell trees using knowledge of tree characteristics and cutting techniques to control direction of fall and minimize tree damage.

Median annual wage in 2018: $44,080

Number employed: 4,680