Upset that your paycheck isn't quite the size you'd like it to be?

Ready to blame your company, the economy, Obama? Turns out you need to look a lot closer to home: in the mirror, specifically. ne! study from "areer ssessment#ite.com indicates that your personality, specifically ho! dri$en and results%oriented you are, has a si&nificant impact on your earnin& potential. 'ranted, this shouldn't be !orld%shatterin& ne!s to you. (ut it's useful for understandin& ho! our specific personality types map out a&ainst the demands of !ork. The study at "areer ssessment#ite uses the famed )yers%(ri&&s *ersonality Test, !hich di$ides e$eryone into one of +, personality types based on intro$ersion-e.tro$ersion, rationality-emotion, and so forth. /f you don't already kno! your type, you can learn more about the )yers%(ri&&s Type /ndicator here. 0ere's ho! the United #tates as a !hole breaks do!n alon& )yers%(ri&&s lines:

0ere's ho! far each personality type tends to &et in his or her educational career:

nd finally, the bi& ne!s: ho! much money each personality type tends to earn:

Ob$iously there are many factors at play here, but the results play alon& e.pected lines: rationalists ha$e the hi&hest o$erall earnin& potential, !ith e.tro$erted rationalists leadin& the !ay by a mile. /ntro$erted idealists? )an, you folks ha$e it tou&h. 'et out in the !orld or stop thinkin& e$erythin&'s perfect, one of the t!o. 1or the complete &raphic, includin& more detailed breakdo!ns of each personality type, click here.