Ten of the Most Stressful Jobs
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:
- 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.
- 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.
- Telephone operators. This includes customer service reps and call center people. Stress tolerance 98.2, average salary $39,350.
- Dancers. The stress tolerance is 97. No salary was listed.
- Obstetricians and gynecologists. Stress tolerance 96.5, average annual salary $214,750.
- 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.
- Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers. Stress tolerance 95.2, average salary $131,760.
- Healthcare social workers. The stress tolerance is 95, the average annual salary is $53,590.
- 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.
- 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.