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A 2015 study suggests that those who look trustworthy or dominant may earn more money.

While dominance is associated with “masculine” features, like a squared face, strong jawline, pronounced eyebrows, and thin eyes and lips, trustworthiness is associated with “feminine” features, like a round face, big eyes, small eyebrows, and full lips.

For the study, 1,500 participants looked at 100 photos of male and female faces.

Participants were asked to indicate how much they would pay the person in the photograph for the position of either retail manager or head of retail operations (the latter is a more senior position).

In an earlier experiment, another group of raters had evaluated the photos for attractiveness, dominance, and trustworthiness. When the researchers analyzed all the findings, they saw that perceptions of trustworthiness and dominance mattered more among candidates for the head of retail operations job. Trustworthy-looking candidates were awarded about $419 more, while dominant-looking candidates received about $355 more.

Meanwhile, attractiveness mattered among candidates for the retail manager job.