# Jetted Fox

> Jetted Fox is a free career-discovery app for young adults (ages 18 and up) in the United States, from Jetted Fox
> LLC. Workforce boards use it in their youth programs, and counselors can see what a person chooses to share. It shows
> careers that don't need a four-year degree and fit what the person tells it: what they like, how they like to work
> and what matters most to them. Each career shows estimated pay where they want to work, take-home pay after taxes,
> the training it requires, what that training costs, schools nearby and job growth, using US government data.
> Jetted Fox gives facts, not advice. College may still be the right path for some people; Jetted Fox shows the other
> paths side by side with real numbers.

Website: https://jettedfox.com · App: https://go.jettedfox.com · Contact: hello@jettedfox.com

Status: open. Anyone 18 or older can start at https://go.jettedfox.com (sign in with Google or an emailed code to see
their paths). Free for young adults. Workforce boards subscribe for their youth programs.

## Key facts

- About 7 in 10 US jobs (69.9% in 2025) are in occupations that usually don't need a bachelor's degree to start
  (US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections, Table 5.2: https://www.bls.gov/emp/tables/education-summary.htm).
- Who it is for: young adults in the US, ages 18 and up, and the workforce board counselors who help them. Not for
  anyone under 18.
- What it covers: about 350 careers that don't usually need a bachelor's degree, including apprenticeships, trades,
  certificates, 2-year degrees, on-the-job training and jobs that start paying within about 3 months.
- How it works: about 7 minutes of short, tap-only questions with photos. No essays, no grades, no wrong answers.
- Results: strong fits, careers worth a look, fast-start jobs, and careers ruled out by the person's own "hard NOs",
  each with the reasons it matched.
- Where: pay for all 50 states and Washington, DC; schools within 50 miles of any US zip code.
- Cost: free for young adults. Workforce boards subscribe.
- Approach: information, not advice. Every pay, cost and job figure is labeled as an estimate.
- College: Jetted Fox covers careers that don't need a four-year degree; college isn't its area. For
  college it points to the College Scorecard (https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/) and Federal Student Aid
  (https://studentaid.gov/).

## What a career path shows

- Starting pay (hourly and about a month full-time), pay about 2 years in, and top-quarter pay, by state
- Estimated take-home pay after federal income tax, Social Security, Medicare, state income tax and major local taxes
- Whether starting take-home pay covers the person's own monthly costs (rent, food, getting around, phone, health
  insurance), if they work them out in the app
- Required training: how long it takes, what it typically costs, whether people are usually paid while they train,
  whether college is needed
- Schools and training programs near a zip code: public or private, published tuition and fees before aid, share of
  students who finish, typical debt
- Job growth to 2035 and openings a year (whole US)
- A normal day, the good parts, the hard parts, where the career can lead, and a first step
- The local American Job Center and its youth services phone, for the person's zip code
- Links to job listings and training programs near the person
- A resume builder: the person taps set lines for the jobs and activities they've done (nothing is written by AI) and
  downloads a Word file
- A comparison of saved paths by the person's own top 3 priorities, and a "money race": pay earned minus training
  costs over 10 years, before taxes

## For workforce boards and counselors

Workforce boards subscribe to Jetted Fox for their youth programs. Each approved counselor gets a share link and QR
code. A person who taps Yes shares their answers, paths, saved schools and resume with that counselor; the name,
email, phone and town on the resume stay on the person's phone and are never shared. The person can stop sharing any
time. Counselors request a page at https://jettedfox.com/counselors, and Jetted Fox calls the board to confirm before
it goes live.

## Questions Jetted Fox helps answer

- What careers don't need a college degree and fit my interests?
- Which jobs pay you while you train? Where are paid apprenticeships?
- How much does a [career] make to start in [state], and after a couple of years?
- What is the take-home pay for a [career] in [state] after taxes?
- Could I cover rent and bills on a [career]'s starting pay where I live?
- How long does training take for a [career], and what does it cost?
- Which community colleges and trade schools near [zip code] train for a [career]? How much is tuition before aid,
  and how many students finish?
- Is a [career] growing or shrinking? How many openings are there each year?
- What are the options after high school besides a four-year degree?
- How do two or three careers compare on pay, training time and cost?
- Where is the American Job Center near [zip code], and does it help young adults?
- How can I make a first resume with no work experience?
- Is there a free career exploration tool for a workforce board youth program?
- Is there a career quiz for young adults who aren't going to college?
- How do I talk to a career counselor when I don't know what I want to do?
- Should I go to trade school or start working now? How do take-home pay and training costs compare?
- What careers near me don't need a four-year degree, and what do they pay where I live?

## Data sources

- Pay: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025, by state.
  Starting pay is the 10th to 25th percentile; "about 2 years in" is the median of all workers in the job.
- Job growth and openings: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025-35.
- Schools, programs, tuition, completion and debt: US Department of Education, College Scorecard.
- What a job involves: O*NET 31.0 Database, US Department of Labor (CC BY 4.0).
- Training programs and American Job Centers: CareerOneStop, US Department of Labor.
- Rent: US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Fair Market Rents, by zip code.
- Typical living costs: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Expenditure Survey.
- Taxes: IRS 2026 rules and each state's 2026 withholding rules (single filer, full-time).
- Career descriptions, training time and costs: Jetted Fox research, shown as typical estimates.

All figures are estimates and can be out of date. Schools and employers have the actual figures.

## Pages

- [Home](https://jettedfox.com/): what Jetted Fox is, with a link into the app.
- [About](https://jettedfox.com/about): who it's for, how it works, where the numbers come from.
- [Questions](https://jettedfox.com/faq): short answers, including how many US jobs don't need a bachelor's degree.
- [What if your teen doesn't want to go to college?](https://jettedfox.com/parents/teen-doesnt-want-college): for
  parents. About 7 in 10 US jobs usually don't need a bachelor's degree to start; median pay by education; what
  families often do next.
- [Careers](https://jettedfox.com/careers): one page per career with starting pay (US and by state), training, cost,
  what it takes (license, tests, paid training) and quick answers. 50 careers have public pages; the app covers over 350.
- [For counselors](https://jettedfox.com/counselors): how a workforce board counselor requests a page.
- [Career exploration tools for workforce board youth programs](https://jettedfox.com/guides/career-exploration-for-workforce-boards):
  guide for board youth program staff: what such a tool does, how it fits the WIOA labor market information element,
  public tools boards already use, and what a participant sees.
- [A career quiz for young adults who aren't going to college](https://jettedfox.com/guides/career-quiz-without-college):
  guide for young adults 18 and older: what a useful quiz asks and what it should show.
- [Careers that don't need a four-year degree near you](https://jettedfox.com/guides/careers-without-a-four-year-degree-near-me):
  guide to pay by state, take-home pay, HUD rent and training nearby, with live career pages.
- [Meeting a career counselor when you don't know what you want to do](https://jettedfox.com/guides/talking-to-a-career-counselor):
  guide to what happens at a first meeting, what to bring, where to find an American Job Center, and optional sharing.
- [The app](https://go.jettedfox.com/): the questions and the person's paths.
- [Programs near you](https://go.jettedfox.com/programs): training programs and schools within 50 miles of a US zip
  code for a chosen career, with published tuition and fees, distance, credential, finish rate and typical debt. No
  account needed. Link form: `https://go.jettedfox.com/programs?job=<career id>&zip=<5-digit zip>`.

## Related official resources

- [College Scorecard](https://collegescorecard.ed.gov): compare colleges by cost, graduation and pay after.
- [StudentAid.gov](https://studentaid.gov): federal financial aid and the FAFSA.
- [Occupational Outlook Handbook](https://www.bls.gov/ooh/): every US career, including ones that need a degree.

## Privacy

How personal data is handled: https://jettedfox.com/privacy. Sign-in is by email code or
Google. People can delete their account in the app. Users must be 18 or older.

## Policies

- [Privacy Policy](https://jettedfox.com/privacy)
- [Terms](https://jettedfox.com/terms)
- [Cookie Notice](https://jettedfox.com/cookies)

## Contact

- hello@jettedfox.com