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Job Stress Rankings
If you want a mellow job, figure on working with numbers.
Actuaries, who evaluate risk, have the least stressful jobs among 200 ranked by CareerCast.com, a job search site. Statisticians also have easygoing positions. And astronomers, whose study of the stars requires super-sized amounts of algebra and calculus, make the list of five least stressful jobs. Dietitians and computer systems analysts don't have to do as much math, but they also make that list.
The site rated stress based on 21 "demands," such as deadline pressure and responsibility for others. The most stressful jobs were surgeon, pilot and photojournalist. Real estate agent and advertising account executive filled out the top five -- in part, the site said, because of economic pressures on those careers.
DePaul University management professor Erich Dierdorff's list of low-stress jobs includes cook, cashier, waitress, insurance adjuster and bank teller. Engineers, administrative assistants and artists also don't have as much work-life conflict as others -- professors and other teachers are in the medium to high range, he said. "Teachers are not that high compared to homicide detective."
-- Vickie Elmer
