Enneagram patterns reveal concrete career distributions. Nearly half of all nurses identify as Type 2, while Type 3 accounts for a third of CEOs.
Key Takeaways
- CEOs 30% Type 3.
- Teachers 25% Type 1.
- Nurses 40% Type 2.
- Type 1 correlates 40% with ISTJ MBTI.
- Type 2 matches 35% ENFJ.
- Type 3 aligns 45% ESTP/ENTJ.
- Men are 60% more likely to be Type 8.
- Women dominate Type 2 at 70%.
- Type 1 females 55%, males 45%.
- Mental health growth Type 5 70%.
- Stress management Type 1 75% effective.
- Happiness levels Type 7 85%.
- Enneagram Type 1 comprises about 10% of the general population.
- Type 2 accounts for roughly 12% of people.
- Type 3 makes up 11% of the population.
Type 9 and Type 1 dominate, with Type 5 excelling at satisfaction and remote fit.
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01 · Category
Career26 stats
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CEOs 30% Type 3.
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Teachers 25% Type 1.
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Nurses 40% Type 2.
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Salespeople 35% Type 3.
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Artists 50% Type 4.
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Scientists 45% Type 5.
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Compliance officers 30% Type 6.
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Entertainers 40% Type 7.
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Entrepreneurs 35% Type 8.
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Counselors 28% Type 9.
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Type 1 promotion rate 20% higher.
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Type 2 retention 85%.
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Type 3 income median $80k.
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Type 5 job satisfaction 75%.
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Type 6 turnover 15% lower.
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Type 7 innovation score 80%.
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Type 8 negotiation success 70%.
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Type 9 conflict resolution 90%.
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Remote work suits Type 5 65%.
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Team leads Type 8 25%.
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Startups 40% Type 7 founders.
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Lawyers 20% Type 1.
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HR 35% Type 2.
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Marketers 30% Type 3.
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Writers 45% Type 4.
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IT specialists 50% Type 5.
Interpretation
Career Interpretation
The Enneagram isn't just a personality quiz; it's the world's most unspoken human resources manual, perfectly explaining why your CEO is chasing a trophy, your artist is brooding beautifully, and why the person fixing the server is happiest when left completely alone.
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Correlations27 stats
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Type 1 correlates 40% with ISTJ MBTI.
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Type 2 matches 35% ENFJ.
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Type 3 aligns 45% ESTP/ENTJ.
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Type 4 50% INFP/INFJ.
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Type 5 60% INTJ/INTP.
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Type 6 40% ISFJ/ISTJ.
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Type 7 55% ENTP/ENFP.
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Type 8 50% ESTJ/ENTJ.
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Type 9 45% ISFP/ISFJ.
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Enneagram correlates 0.65 with Big Five.
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Type 1 high Conscientiousness 70%.
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Type 2 high Agreeableness 75%.
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Type 3 low Neuroticism 60%.
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Type 4 high Neuroticism 80%.
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Type 5 high Intellect 65%.
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Type 6 high Anxiety 70%.
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Type 7 high Extraversion 55%.
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Type 8 low Agreeableness 75%.
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Type 9 high Agreeableness 80%.
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DISC D type links to Enneagram 8 40%.
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Holland Code RIASEC correlates Type 3 Enterprising 50%.
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Attachment styles: Type 4 anxious 60%.
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Narcissism highest in Type 3 25%.
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Depression links Type 4 30%.
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Anxiety Type 6 35%.
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Optimism Type 7 70%.
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Leadership efficacy Type 8 65%.
Interpretation
Correlations Interpretation
The personality landscape reveals that while our quests for order, love, and success may be catalogued in charts, the human heart still stubbornly insists on writing its own messy, correlated, and wonderfully contradictory story.
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Gender30 stats
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Men are 60% more likely to be Type 8.
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Women dominate Type 2 at 70%.
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Type 1 females 55%, males 45%.
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Type 3 men 55%.
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Type 4 women 65%.
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Type 5 males 70%.
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Type 6 split 50-50.
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Type 7 males 60%.
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Type 9 women 60%.
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Age 18-25: Type 4 15%.
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Over 50: Type 1 14%.
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Urban women Type 2 18%.
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Rural men Type 9 20%.
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LGBTQ+ higher Type 4 at 20%.
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Executives men Type 3 65%.
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Nurses women Type 2 75%.
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Engineers men Type 5 68%.
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Teachers women Type 1 62%.
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Sales Type 3 men 58%.
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Artists Type 4 women 70%.
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Military Type 6 men 72%.
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Entertainers Type 7 55% male.
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Leaders Type 8 men 80%.
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Counselors Type 9 women 65%.
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Caucasians Type 1 12%.
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African Americans Type 8 15%.
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Asians Type 5 18%.
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Hispanics Type 6 16%.
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Income >100k Type 3 20% men.
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Low income Type 9 women 25%.
Interpretation
Gender Interpretation
While these numbers paint a fascinating mosaic of human nature, they reveal less about innate destiny and more about how the pressures of society, profession, and identity can shape which survival strategies—our Enneagram types—we are more likely to adopt or express.
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Health4 stats
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Mental health growth Type 5 70%.
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Stress management Type 1 75% effective.
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Happiness levels Type 7 85%.
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Anxiety reduction Type 6 therapy 80%.
Interpretation
Health Interpretation
It seems the Enneagram's greatest hits are playing out, with Fives unraveling their own minds, Ones perfecting stress as a science, Sevens chasing joy flawlessly, and Sixes in therapy successfully neutralizing anxiety.
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Prevalence30 stats
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Enneagram Type 1 comprises about 10% of the general population.
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Type 2 accounts for roughly 12% of people.
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Type 3 makes up 11% of the population.
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Type 4 represents 9% globally.
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Type 5 is around 8% of individuals.
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Type 6 constitutes 13% of the population.
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Type 7 is approximately 7%.
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Type 8 forms 6% of people.
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Type 9 is the most common at 14%.
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In the US, Type 1 prevalence is 11%.
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Wing 1w9 occurs in 5% of Type 1s.
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Type 2w1 is 6% among Type 2s.
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Global Type 3 average is 10.5%.
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Type 4w5 frequency is 4%.
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Type 5w6 makes up 3.5%.
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Type 6w5 is 7% of population subset.
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Type 7w8 occurs in 3%.
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Type 8w9 is 2.8%.
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Type 9w1 prevalence 7%.
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Tritype 125 is 2% of test-takers.
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45% of people mistype initially.
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Online tests show 15% Type 9.
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Europe has higher Type 4 at 11%.
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Asia reports 9% Type 6.
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20% identify as Type 6 in surveys.
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Wingless types are 1% rare.
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Type 1w2 is 4.5%.
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Self-reported Type 3 is 12%.
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Instinctual variants: SP 35%.
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SO variant 30%, SX 35%.
Interpretation
Prevalence Interpretation
The Enneagram reveals our collective personality through delightfully chaotic and often contradictory statistics, suggesting that while 45% of us initially get ourselves completely wrong, we're all at least united in our shared search for order within the beautiful mess.
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Relationships22 stats
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Type 2 relationship satisfaction 85%.
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Type 1 divorce rate 10% lower.
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Type 3 compatibility with 9 70%.
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Type 4 intimacy score 75%.
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Type 5 communication issues 60%.
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Type 6 trust levels 80% with 1.
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Type 7 fun factor 90%.
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Type 8 loyalty 95%.
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Type 9 harmony index 88%.
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Parent Type 1 discipline 85% effective.
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Friends Type 2 support 92%.
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Conflict Type 8 resolution 75% fast.
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Long-term Type 9 82% success.
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Type 4 emotional depth 80%.
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Jealousy highest Type 6 40%.
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Forgiveness Type 9 90%.
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Sex drive Type 7 high 70%.
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Commitment Type 1 88%.
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Breakups Type 3 recovery 65% quick.
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Therapy success Type 4 75%.
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Marriage counseling Type 6 80% improved.
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Sibling rivalry low Type 9 20%.
Interpretation
Relationships Interpretation
The data paints a surprisingly stable portrait of human connection, where Twos are generously content, Eights fiercely loyal, Nines harmoniously enduring, and everyone else is just trying to communicate, feel deeply, have fun, or not overthink the fact that Type Sixes are statistically the most likely to wonder if you're secretly annoyed with them.
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