Who you're most likely to marry based on your job (2024)

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Elementary- and middle-school teachers

Female elementary-school teachers are most likely to marry maleor female elementary- and middle-school teachers.

Male elementary-school teachers are most likely to marryfemale elementary- and middle-school teachers or male education administrators.

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Flight attendants

Female flight attendantsare most likely to marry male managers or female flight attendants.

Male flight attendantsare most likely to marryfemale flight attendants or male elementary- and middle-school teachers.

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Physicians and surgeons

Female physicians and surgeonsare most likely to marry maleor female physicians and surgeons.

Male physicians and surgeonsare most likely to marryfemale physicians and surgeons or male registered nurses.

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Chefs and head cooks

Female chefs and head cooksare most likely to marry male chefs andhead cooks, or female maids and housekeeping cleaners.

Male chefs and head cooksare most likely to marryfemale waitresses, or male chefs and head cooks.

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Construction workers

Female construction workersare most likely to marry female construction workers.

Male construction workersare most likely to marryfemale maids and housekeeping cleaners or male business-operations specialists.

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Secretaries and administrative assistants

Female secretaries and administrative assistantsare most likely to marry male managers or female flight attendants.

Male secretaries and administrative assistantsare most likely to marrymale office and administrative-support supervisors.

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Actors

Female actorsare most likely to marry male actors or female designers.

Male actorsare most likely to marryfemale actors or male TV, video, and motion-picture camera operators and editors.

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Lawyers and judges

Female lawyers and judgesare most likely to marry male lawyers and judges or female computer workers.

Male lawyers and judgesare most likely to marryfemaleor male lawyers and judges.

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CEOs

Female CEOsare most likely to marry male CEOs or female managers.

Male CEOsare most likely to marryfemale elementary- and middle-school teachers or male CEOs.

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Maids and housekeeping cleaners

Female maids and housekeeping cleanersare most likely to marry male janitors and building cleaners or female chefs and head cooks.

Male maids and housekeeping cleanersare most likely to marry male waiters.

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Registered nurses

Female registered nursesare most likely to marry male managers or female registered nurses.

Male registered nursesare most likely to marryfemaleor male registered nurses.

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Truck drivers

Female truck driversare most likely to marryfemale truck drivers.

Male truck driversare most likely to marryfemale secretaries and administrative assistants or male managers.

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Police officers

Female police officersare most likely to marry male police officers orfemale office and administrative-support supervisors.

Male police officersare most likely to marryfemale or maleelementary- and middle-school teachers.

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Marketing and sales managers

Female marketing and sales managersare most likely to marry male managers or female insurance claims and policy-processing clerks.

Male marketing and sales managersare most likely to marryfemale elementary- and middle-school teachers or male business-operations specialists.

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Customer-service representatives

Female customer-service representativesare most likely to marry male truck drivers or female business-operations specialists.

Male customer-service representativesare most likely to marryfemaleor male customer-service representatives.

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Artists

Female artistsare most likely to marry male or female artists.

Male artistsare most likely to marryfemale elementary- and middle-school teachers or male counselors.

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Civil engineers

Female civil engineersare most likely to marryfemale hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists.

Male civil engineersare most likely to marryfemaleor male elementary- and middle-school teachers.

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Computer and information-systems managers

Female computer and information-systems managersare most likely to marryfemale database administrators.

Male computer and information-systems managersare most likely to marry female elementary- and middle-school teachers or male production workers.

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Psychologists

Female psychologistsaremost likely to marry maleor female psychologists.

Male psychologistsare most likely to marryfemale psychologists or male postsecondary teachers.

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Musicians and singers

Female musicians and singersare most likely to marry male musicians and singers or female textile-machine operators.

Male musicians and singersare most likely to marryfemale musicians and singers or male retail supervisors.

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Aircraft pilots and flight engineers

Female aircraft pilots and flight engineersare most likely to marry female registered nurses.

Male aircraft pilots and flight engineersare most likely to marryfemale elementary- and middle-school teachers or male human-resource workers.

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Dancers and choreographers

Female dancers and choreographersare most likely to marry male welding, soldering, and brazing workers orfemale lawyers and judges.

Male dancers and choreographersare most likely to marryfemale dancers and choreographers or male secretaries and administrative assistants.

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Unemployed people with no work experience in the last five years

Female unemployed peopleare most likely to marry male truck drivers orfemale licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses.

Male unemployed peopleare most likely to marryfemale unemployed people or male eligibility interviewers for government programs.