Jobs Rated

Remember that kid in elementary school who always had a pencil and calculator nearby, and while the rest of us drew pictures, read comic books or played cards, that kid was happily crunching numbers — for fun. Fast forward 20 years or so, and it turns out that kid probably has one of best careers around today, according to an exclusive new study of the nation’s best and worst jobs.

Compiling research on 200 different positions, this year’s JobsRated.com report ranks mathematician as the country’s best job, followed by actuary and statistician — three jobs for which a calculator and solitude are prerequisites. On the opposite end of the spectrum, the Monty Python troupe made famous the song, “I’m a lumberjack and I’m OK.” Unfortunately, our study finds that lumberjacks have the nation’s worst job, followed by dairy farmers and taxi drivers, which seems to bear out the old grade-school adage that “it’s better to earn a living with your head rather than with your hands.”

+ 10 Best Jobs in America
+ 10 Worst Jobs in America
+ A Comprehensive Ranking of 200 Different Jobs (”Librarian” is #43.)
+ Methodology

Source: CareerCast.com (JobsRated.com)

See: Doing the Math to Find the Good Jobs (Wall Street Journal)

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