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Top Ten Most Stressful Jobs

Taxi Driver
Taxi Driver

CareerCast weighed 11 factors to rank the most stressful jobs: travel; deadlines; working in the public eye; competitiveness; physical demands; environmental conditions; hazards encountered; the life of oneself or others at risk; meeting and interacting with customers or the public; and the potential for job growth.

source: cbsnews.com
Newspaper Reporter
Newspaper Reporter

CareerCast weighed 11 factors to rank the most stressful jobs: travel; deadlines; working in the public eye; competitiveness; physical demands; environmental conditions; hazards encountered; the life of oneself or others at risk; meeting and interacting with customers or the public; and the potential for job growth.

source: cbsnews.com
Broadcaster
Broadcaster

CareerCast weighed 11 factors to rank the most stressful jobs: travel; deadlines; working in the public eye; competitiveness; physical demands; environmental conditions; hazards encountered; the life of oneself or others at risk; meeting and interacting with customers or the public; and the potential for job growth.

source: cbsnews.com
Senior Corporate Executive
Senior Corporate Executive

CareerCast weighed 11 factors to rank the most stressful jobs: travel; deadlines; working in the public eye; competitiveness; physical demands; environmental conditions; hazards encountered; the life of oneself or others at risk; meeting and interacting with customers or the public; and the potential for job growth.

source: cbsnews.com
Public Relations Executive
Public Relations Executive

CareerCast weighed 11 factors to rank the most stressful jobs: travel; deadlines; working in the public eye; competitiveness; physical demands; environmental conditions; hazards encountered; the life of oneself or others at risk; meeting and interacting with customers or the public; and the potential for job growth.

source: cbsnews.com
Event Coordinator
Event Coordinator

CareerCast weighed 11 factors to rank the most stressful jobs: travel; deadlines; working in the public eye; competitiveness; physical demands; environmental conditions; hazards encountered; the life of oneself or others at risk; meeting and interacting with customers or the public; and the potential for job growth.

source: cbsnews.com
Police Officer
Police Officer

The job of police officer is not only ranked one of the most stressful but has routinely been considered one of the most dangerous, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. Whether by firearm or a traffic accident, there are 163 police deaths per year in the US on average.

source: csmonitor.com
Airline Pilot
Airline Pilot

If you think your job is one of the most stressful out there, now you can find out for sure. CareerCast has released their list of the year's most stressful jobs, and the gigs range from the expected (police officer) to the slightly left-field (broadcaster).

Firefighter
Firefighter

Forbes Magazine publishes Career Cast's 10 Most Stressful jobs every year, and in 2015 and 2016, firefighter came in at No. 1 and No. 2 (behind enlisted military personnel), respectively.

Enlisted Military Personnel
Enlisted Military Personnel

The 10 most stressful jobs. Prev. ... Enlisted Military Personnel ... Further complicating for military personnel is the difficulty many face in transferring their ...

source: cbsnews.com
Operations Research Analyst
Operations Research Analyst

An operations research analyst is a mathematical expert who uses his or her knowledge to help businesses and organizations solve problems and make decisions. He or she identifies problems, collects and examines information, gets input from an entity's employees and then uses statistical analysis and simulations to analyze the data and develop solutions.

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Jeweler
Jeweler

For the second year in a row, careers as enlisted military personnel, firefighters and police officers make up three of the top four most stressful jobs, according to CareerCasts's annual Most Stressful Jobs report. Airline pilot also ranks in the top four for the second consecutive year.

Medical Records Technician
Medical Records Technician

A medical records technician (MRT) occupies one of the few positions in healthcare requiring no hands-on patient care, yet it is one of the most important jobs in the industry. Health care providers rely on the information in a patient’s medical records in order to diagnose and treat the patient successfully.

source: innerbody.com
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University Professor (Tenured)
University Professor (Tenured)

Being a university professor is in no way the least stressful job for 2013. In fact, 2013 is likely to be one of the worst years to be a university professor. But many pixels are being spent across the Forbes.com platform at the site of Forbes staff columnist, Susan Adams. Adams has been a legal affairs columnist at Forbes since 1995 and writes widely on leadership and careers.

source: forbes.com
Audiologist
Audiologist

This year, audiology slotted fourth among the 200 occupations reviewed, making it the third time in five years that the profession has ranked near the top of the list. Six of the ten “least stressful” careers were in health care, indicating that the relative importance of a discipline is not directly related to its lack of stress.

source: audiology.org
Dismissal From Work: 47
Dismissal From Work: 47

That's according to a 2017 CareerCast report, which identified the most and least stressful jobs after analyzing 200 professions. The job search site ranked the professions by evaluating 11 stress factors — including deadlines, public scrutiny, physical demands and competition — and creating a "stress score" for each.

source: cnbc.com
Compliance Officer
Compliance Officer

For the second year in a row, careers as enlisted military personnel, firefighters and police officers make up three of the top four most stressful jobs, according to CareerCasts's annual Most Stressful Jobs report. Airline pilot also ranks in the top four for the second consecutive year.

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Diagnostic Medical Sonographer
Diagnostic Medical Sonographer

Diagnostic medical sonographer was rated as the least stressful job. The position involves using medical imaging equipment like ultrasound machines. Medical sonographers assist physicians in conducting and interpreting these tests, and to become one, you’ll need to take an accreditation program that lasts between one and four years.

source: forbes.com
Marital Separation: 65
Marital Separation: 65

While divorce is typically final, marital separation can end in reconciliation but the stress leading up to this decision can have an impact. The life changing units for a marital separation is 65. Imprisonment: Incarceration for a variety of reasons, major and minor, can cause major issues for stress and illness.

Imprisonment: 63
Imprisonment: 63

Most highly concentrated areas: Texas with about 9,390, and then Oklahoma with 3,170, closely followed by Pennsylvania. 8. Job: Continuous mining machine operators. Average starting salary: $42,740 Stress index: 3.62 What’s that? This, like our last stressful job, is a tough, messy job.

source: zippia.com
Death of a Close Family Member: 63
Death of a Close Family Member: 63

Life Change Index Scale (The Stress Test) Event Impact Score My Score ... Jail Term 63 Death of close family member 63 Personal injury or illness 53

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Personal Injury or Illness: 53
Personal Injury or Illness: 53

Personal injury or illness: Half way down the list in the top ten most stressful life experiences on the Holmes Rahe Stress Scale is personal injury or illness with a value of 53. The impact of an injury or illness is often felt in loss of work, the feeling of being helpless, and issues with money related to healthcare and insurance.

Marriage: 50
Marriage: 50

To determine the most stressful occupations, job search site CareerCast evaluates the 200 professions on their Jobs Rated Report according to 11 stress factors, including travel required, deadlines, working under public scrutiny, physical demands, environmental conditions, hazards, risks to one’s own life, and interactions with the public at large.

source: forbes.com
Marital Reconciliation: 45
Marital Reconciliation: 45

While divorce is typically final, marital separation can end in reconciliation but the stress leading up to this decision can have an impact. The life changing units for a marital separation is 65. Imprisonment: Incarceration for a variety of reasons, major and minor, can cause major issues for stress and illness.

Retirement: 45
Retirement: 45

On the "life events scale" used by psychologists to determine stress levels, retirement is rated as the 10 th most stressful event you can experience – behind the death of a spouse, divorce or a jail term, but ahead of the addition of a new family member, the death of a close friend or foreclosure on your home.

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