Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Best and Worst Jobs 2010

According to the Wall Street Journal's list, "Best and Worst Jobs 2010", a librarian ranks at #46. A lot of factors about this list surprised me. Jobs I thought were more beneficial, high paying, and safe ended up being lower on the list, such as Nurse Practitioner. In addition, fields a lot of my friends majored in but ended up switching out of are higher on the list, #6 Mathematician, #11 Philosopher.

Full list behind the link, but the top five jobs and the worst five job are as follows:

1
ACTUARY
$49,000
$85,000
$161,000
2
SOFTWARE ENGINEER
$54,000
$85,000
$129,000
3
COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYST
$45,000
$76,000
$118,000
4
BIOLOGIST
$39,000
$71,000
$148,000
5
HISTORIAN
$34,000
$62,000
$111,000

1st figure is starting salary, second figure is midlevel salary, and the third figure is top level salary.

#4 Biology?. Also, what on earth is an actuary? Wikipedia says: "actuary is a business professional who deals with the financial impact of risk and uncertainty." Moreover, "Actuaries evaluate the likelihood of events and quantify the contingent outcomes in order to minimize losses, both emotional and financial, associated with uncertain undesirable events."

Worst jobs

196
WELDER
$23,000
$34,000
$51,000
197
DAIRY FARMER
$21,000
$32,000
$45,000
198
IRONWORKER
$22,000
$32,000
$49,000
199
LUMBERJACK
$22,000
$32,000
$47,000
200
ROUSTABOUT
$21,000
$31,000
$49,000

I'm a lumberjack and I'm ok, anyway. Roustabout? Wikipedia: "A roustabout is a labourer typically performing temporary, unskilled work. The term has traditionally been used to refer to traveling-circus workers or oil rig workers." Reminds me The Final Sacrifice. Rowsdower the Roustabout!

Jobs my friends have

13
TECHNICAL WRITER
$37,000
$62,000
$97,000
28
DIETICIAN
$31,000
$51,000
$73,000
47
ANTHROPOLOGIST
$32,000
$54,000
$89,000
52
SOCIAL WORKER
$27,000
$46,000
$74,000
68
BANK TELLER
$18,000
$24,000
$32,000
70
PHYSICAL THERAPIST
$50,000
$73,000
$104,000
58
RECEPTIONIST
$17,000
$25,000
$36,000
109
PIANO TUNER
$18,000
$32,000
$54,000
116
TEACHER
$33,000
$49,000
$78,000 teacher ranked one notch above sewage plant operator
123
RAILROAD CONDUCTOR
$33,000
$53,000
$80,000
125
WAITER/WAITRESS
$14,000
$17,000
$30,000
126
PHOTOGRAPHER
$17,000
$29,000
$62,000
143
CHILD CARE WORKER
$15,000
$19,000
$29,000
174
DISK JOCKEY
$16,000
$27,000
$76,000

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