See if your job is on this list and if not, you have nothing to bitch about.

Business Insider crunched some old data and came up with a new ranking of the most stressful jobs.

Here's the top ten:

  1. Emergency dispatchers.  That means police, fire, and ambulance.  Their stress tolerance is 98.5, that's a number from zero to 100 that measures how frequently you have to accept criticism, and deal with high stress on the job. Even worse, the average annual salary is only $39,410.
  2. Nurse anesthetists.  Sort of like an anesthesiologist, only you're not a doctor.  The stress tolerance is 98.2, but the average annual salary jumps to $158,900.
  3. Telephone operators.  This includes customer service reps and call center people.  Stress tolerance 98.2, average salary $39,350.
  4. Dancers. The stress tolerance is 97.  No salary was listed.
  5. Obstetricians and gynecologists.  Stress tolerance 96.5, average annual salary $214,750.
  6. Surgeons.  We thought this would be higher too.  But maybe they really ARE egotistical supermen, like they are on TV.  Stress tolerance 96.2, average annual salary $240,440.
  7. Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers.  Stress tolerance 95.2, average salary $131,760.
  8. Healthcare social workers.  The stress tolerance is 95, the average annual salary is $53,590.
  9. Phlebotomists.  They're the people trained to draw blood from you for clinical or medical testing, transfusions, donations, or research.  Stress tolerance 95, average salary $31,890.
  10. News anchor.  Stress tolerance 94.7, average salary $84,380.

So basically, don't go into healthcare unless you can deal with your stress, and other people's stress.

 

 

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