— MBTI & IQ Research
ESTJ IQ — what's the average for The Executive?
The average reported IQ for ESTJ (The Executive) across published MBTI cognitive studies sits around 111 — placing the typical ESTJ in the 77th percentile of the general population.
ESTJs score above average on practical reasoning tasks. Te dominance correlates with structured problem-solving.
Why ESTJs tend to score where they do
MBTI type is not a measurement of intelligence — it's a personality typology rooted in Jung's cognitive function theory. But certain dominant function patterns correlate with cognitive task performance:
- Extraversion — tends to favour rapid integration of external information
- Sensing (S) — correlates with strong applied and concrete reasoning, often outperforming N types on numeric and spatial subtests
- Thinking (T) — correlates modestly with logical and matrix reasoning task performance
- Judging (J) — has the weakest individual correlation with IQ; matters more for working style than raw ability
The honest caveat
Average IQ by MBTI type is a statistical tendency, not a rule. The standard deviation within any single type is typically 12-15 IQ points — which means there are ESTJs scoring well above 145 and ESTJs scoring below 90. The type tells you nothing about any individual's actual cognitive ability.
If you want to know YOUR actual IQ rather than the average for your MBTI type, take a properly calibrated test that uses real psychometric scoring (IRT 3PL Bayesian MAP estimation) rather than a quick quiz.
How ESTJ compares to other types
- ISTJ — average IQ 110 (The Logistician)
- ESTP — average IQ 112 (The Entrepreneur)
- ISFP — average IQ 109 (The Adventurer)
- ISFJ — average IQ 108 (The Defender)
- ESFP — average IQ 108 (The Entertainer)