You Might Have One of the 9 Unhealthiest Jobs in America
Workers in the U.S. aren't doing so hot.
NPR conducted a survey of 1,600 people and found that work is often harmful to workers' health, as seen through stress, hours worked, and danger on the job. Bases on the percentage of workers who responded to their survey, these are the nine workplaces with the worst impact on health:
Retail outlet: 26%
Construction/outdoor work: 23%
Factory or manufacturing: 21%
Medical: 19%
Store: 16%
Warehouse: 15%
Restaurant: 13%
Office: 13%
School: 10%
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NPR also found that almost half of those surveyed, 43 percent, said their jobs negatively affected their stress levels. A majority of those who are stressed, 85 percent, said their workplaces were only doing a fair or poor job addressing the issue. The problem may be overwork: Two-thirds said they sometimes or often work overtime or on weekends, and over half said they do not take all their paid vacation hours.
At least some of us might be getting paid more than we'd expect. Glassdoor released a list of jobs that make over $100,000 a year, based on what employees report, and it featured some interesting careers, including special agents ($125,000), software architects ($139,000), geophysicists ($119,380), nurse practitioners ($101,600), and airline pilots ($134,000).
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Think: How tired are you at your desk right now? If you were getting paid more than $100k, would it help?
[h/t: Science of Us]
