Best Job for People with ADHD: Top 10 Unconventional Careers

Figuring our your path with ADHD can be tough.
That's why we're outlining 40 good jobs for people with ADHD.

These 10 Unconventional Careers are actually ADHD friendly - not a cheap list of corporate, soul-sucking office jobs you'll hate; many are high paying too.

I’m Scott Treas, your ADHD Career Coach at LifeSketch.co, and I’m here to help you discover jobs you love, excel at, and can get paid for.

✔ WHAT I'LL SHOW YOU:
✅ The most nonconformist careers for people with ADHD
✅ Jobs that leverage ADHD strengths like hyperfocus and novelty-seeking
✅ Detailed salary information for each career, based on the 75th percentile
✅ Quick advice for how to get into each industry

🧰 RESOURCES
👔 FREE Download: 10 Unconventional Careers (40 ADHD Friendly Jobs)
🔎 ADHD Career Change: 9 Week Life & Career Coaching Program: https://lifesketch.co/adhd-career-change
,🚀 Job Search Accelerator: Career Change + Job Search Support: https://lifesketch.co/job-search-acce...

🗂️ CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction
2:00 Overview
3:10 Working Outside
5:52 Creative Careers
8:21 Urgent (High-Energy/Under-Pressure)
10:35 Nonprofits (NGO/Charity)
13:23 Trades (Hands-On)
15:26 Helping Professional (Human Services)
17:13 Healthcare Jobs
19:39 Tech (Problem-Solving & Design)
22:09 Sales (Customer Service)
25:20 Entrepreneurship (Self-Employed)
27:13 ADHD Success in the Workplace

RESEARCH
📒 Salary and Occupational Data: I pulled 75 percentile (top 25% income) salary ranges and 10-year growth projections (e.g., 26% for Software Developer) from O*NET Online, my go-to for job stats. Dive in at https://www.onetonline.org/.
📒 ADHD Population Stats: I grabbed that 11.4% of U.S. kids and 6% of adults have ADHD—over 22 million of us—from the CDC’s 2023 National Health Interview Survey data (updated 2025 estimates). Check it at https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/adhd/data.....
📒 Economic Impact: I learned ADHD costs the U.S. over $122 billion yearly due to lost productivity and healthcare from a 2022 study by the Journal of Attention Disorders, adjusted for 2025 inflation—wow, I can help change that! See https://jaad.org.
📒 ADDitude 2024 Survey: I found that 70-80% of us ADHDers thrive with the right job fit from ADDitude Magazine’s 2024 survey—proof I’m onto something! Check it at https://www.additudemag.com.

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