Data-Driven Rankings

Top 20 Highest IQ Jobs

Careers that require the highest cognitive ability, ranked by minimum IQ threshold. These roles demand exceptional pattern recognition, abstract reasoning, and learning speed.

Psychometric Analysis

High-IQ jobs cluster in fields requiring rapid learning of complex systems: physics, mathematics, medicine, law, and engineering. The correlation between IQ and job performance is strongest in these "g-loaded" professions.

1

Actuary

$58,000
Min IQ120
Stress6/10
Burnout RiskModerate
2

Professor

$102,000
Min IQ120
Stress7/10
Burnout RiskModerate
3

CEO

$144,000
Min IQ120
Stress10/10
Burnout RiskHigh
4
Min IQ115
Stress6/10
Burnout RiskModerate
5
Min IQ115
Stress4/10
Burnout RiskModerate
6
Min IQ115
Stress6/10
Burnout RiskModerate
7
Min IQ115
Stress6/10
Burnout RiskModerate
8
Min IQ115
Stress7/10
Burnout RiskModerate
9

Chemist

$155,000
Min IQ115
Stress5/10
Burnout RiskModerate
10
Min IQ115
Stress3/10
Burnout RiskModerate