The study, from CareerCast.com, a new job site, evaluates 200 professions to determine the best and worst according to five criteria inherent to every job: environment, income, employment outlook, physical demands and stress. (CareerCast.com is published by Adicio Inc., in which Wall Street Journal owner News Corp. holds a minority stake.)
Other jobs at the top of the study's list include actuary, statistician, biologist, software engineer and computer-systems analyst, historian and sociologist.
The Best and Worst Jobs
Of 200 Jobs studied, these came out on top -- and at the bottom:
The Best ............... The Worst
1. Mathematician worst 200. Lumberjack
2. Actuary worst 199. Dairy Farmer
3. Statistician worst 198. Taxi Driver
4. Biologist worst 197. Seaman
5. Software Engineer worst 196. EMT
6. Computer Systems Analyst worst 195. Garbage Collector
7. Historian worst 194. Welder
8. Sociologist worst 193. Roustabout
9. Industrial Designer worst 192. Ironworker
10. Accountant worst 191. Construction Worker
11. Economist worst 190. Mail Carrier
12. Philosopher worst 189. Sheet Metal Worker
13. Physicist worst 188. Auto Mechanic
14. Parole Officer worst 187. Butcher
15. Meteorologist worst 186. Nuclear Decontamination Tech
16. Medical Laboratory Technician worst 185. Nurse (LN)
17. Paralegal Assistant worst 184.Painter
18. Computer Programmer worst 183. Child Care Worker
19. Motion Picture Editor worst 182. Firefighter
20. Astronomer worst 181. Brick Layer
More on the Methodology
For methodology info and detailed job descriptions, go to http://careercast.com/jobs/content/JobsRated_Methodology
For study: http://www.careercast.com/jobs
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