Researches, designs, develops and maintains software systems along with hardware development for medical, scientific, and industrial purposes.
- Overall Score: 60.00
- Income: $87,140.00
- Work Environment:
150.000 - Stress:
10.400 - Physical Demands:
5.00 - Hiring Outlook:
27.40
Applies mathematical theories and formulas to teach or solve problems in a business, educational, or industrial climate.
- Overall Score: 73.00
- Income: $94,178.00
- Work Environment:
89.720 - Stress:
12.780 - Physical Demands:
3.97 - Hiring Outlook:
19.78
Interprets statistics to determine probabilities of accidents, sickness, and death, and loss of property from theft and natural disasters.
- Overall Score: 123.00
- Income: $87,204.00
- Work Environment:
179.440 - Stress:
16.040 - Physical Demands:
3.97 - Hiring Outlook:
17.04
Tabulates, analyzes, and interprets the numeric results of experiments and surveys.
- Overall Score: 129.00
- Income: $73,208.00
- Work Environment:
89.520 - Stress:
14.080 - Physical Demands:
3.95 - Hiring Outlook:
11.08
Plans and develops computer systems for businesses and scientific institutions.
- Overall Score: 147.00
- Income: $77,153.00
- Work Environment:
90.780 - Stress:
16.530 - Physical Demands:
5.08 - Hiring Outlook:
15.53
Studies the physical characteristics, motions and processes of the earth's atmosphere.
- Overall Score: 175.00
- Income: $85,210.00
- Work Environment:
179.640 - Stress:
15.100 - Physical Demands:
6.98 - Hiring Outlook:
12.10
Studies the relationship of plants and animals to their environment.
- Overall Score: 182.00
- Income: $74,278.00
- Work Environment:
314.370 - Stress:
15.780 - Physical Demands:
4.98 - Hiring Outlook:
11.78
Analyzes and records historical information from a specific era or according to a particular area of expertise.
- Overall Score: 192.00
- Income: $63,208.00
- Work Environment:
136.410 - Stress:
17.080 - Physical Demands:
5.09 - Hiring Outlook:
11.08
Diagnoses and treats hearing problems by attempting to discover the range, nature, and degree of hearing function.
- Overall Score: 195.00
- Income: $63,144.00
- Work Environment:
463.430 - Stress:
9.440 - Physical Demands:
7.43 - Hiring Outlook:
21.44
Assists dentists in diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of a group or private dental practice.
- Overall Score: 197.00
- Income: $67,107.00
- Work Environment:
593.250 - Stress:
12.070 - Physical Demands:
7.00 - Hiring Outlook:
33.07
Studies human behavior by examining the interaction of social groups and institutions.
- Overall Score: 200.00
- Income: $70,122.00
- Work Environment:
322.240 - Stress:
19.470 - Physical Demands:
5.09 - Hiring Outlook:
19.63
Prepares and analyzes financial reports to assist managers in business, industry and government.
- Overall Score: 216.00
- Income: $60,174.00
- Work Environment:
276.780 - Stress:
19.740 - Physical Demands:
4.23 - Hiring Outlook:
16.74
Assists attorneys in preparation of legal documents; collection of depositions and affidavits; and investigation, research and analysis of legal issues.
- Overall Score: 217.00
- Income: $47,153.00
- Work Environment:
263.820 - Stress:
16.530 - Physical Demands:
5.79 - Hiring Outlook:
23.53
Researches and develops theories concerning the physical forces of nature.
- Overall Score: 217.00
- Income: $106,196.00
- Work Environment:
269.460 - Stress:
16.960 - Physical Demands:
7.98 - Hiring Outlook:
11.96
Related to careers in portfolio management, the financial planner offers a broad range of services aimed at assisting individuals in managing and planning their financial future.
- Overall Score: 223.00
- Income: $101,164.00
- Work Environment:
225.000 - Stress:
18.640 - Physical Demands:
4.00 - Hiring Outlook:
3.64
Studies questions concerning the nature of intellectual concepts, and attempts to construct rational theories concerning our understanding of the world around us.
- Overall Score: 225.00
- Income: $61,221.00
- Work Environment:
361.440 - Stress:
12.560 - Physical Demands:
6.04 - Hiring Outlook:
8.56
Develops individualized programs of activity for mentally, physically, developmentally and emotionally impaired persons, to aid them in achieving self-reliance.
- Overall Score: 230.00
- Income: $70,193.00
- Work Environment:
505.560 - Stress:
13.220 - Physical Demands:
8.43 - Hiring Outlook:
24.22
Monitors, counsels, and reports on the progress of individuals who have been released from correctional institutions to serve parole.
- Overall Score: 236.00
- Income: $47,155.00
- Work Environment:
381.060 - Stress:
12.550 - Physical Demands:
6.47 - Hiring Outlook:
17.55
Designs, develops, and tests new technologies concerned with the manufacture of commercial and military aircraft and spacecraft.
- Overall Score: 240.00
- Income: $95,130.00
- Work Environment:
230.300 - Stress:
20.300 - Physical Demands:
6.21 - Hiring Outlook:
8.30
Studies and analyzes the effects of resources such as land, labor, and raw materials, on costs and their relation to industry and government.
- Overall Score: 247.00
- Income: $87,240.00
- Work Environment:
227.350 - Stress:
17.400 - Physical Demands:
4.09 - Hiring Outlook:
-0.60
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The average salary of a philosopher is 60K-- it never said the average salary of people who have degrees in philosophy is 60K. Last I checked flipping burgers wasn't considered philosophy. Yes, someone may have a degree in philosophy but if he/she does not work in philosophy, they are not a philosopher. It works the same way with any other degree-- someone with a math degree who works as a bank teller isn't a mathematician.
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Working in philosophy
Besides teaching where does one work in philosophy? I never heard of a philosophy factory and if we had one it would probably get out sourced.
Besides Teaching in Philosophy
There is also publishing research papers and books...
Many large universities are more research oriented than service oriented.
I know some profs who only teach three, two, as low as one class all year.
Then again, they're well published and continue to produce work under the university's name.
However, at either a community college or smaller university, those hiring may be more concerned about teaching qualifications than publications.
Dear Recruiter,
Any philosopher that this listing is referring to (PhD in Philosophy) would make you feel like a stupid piece of crap. And philosophy BA could probably, as well. Any business would be lucky to have a philosophy BA, if they are looking for quality. Go read something that will not contribute to the degredation of humanity. And then go read about how your hiring and selection procedures are probably bogus. Thanks.
Philosophers arnt so smart
"Any philosopher that this listing is referring to (PhD in Philosophy) would make you feel like a stupid piece of crap", Ive got a BN and BE Elec, bet I could make any philosopher feel like a retard and change their light bulbs and repair them and... well, this could go on for a while. Suffice to say the only thing a philosopher does is 'think', which is what I do on the run while juggling the lives of people.
But its nice to know philosophers are answering mankind's most pressing issues 'if a tree falls in the woods does it make a sound?'...
Philosophy jobs
Of course you found few jobs in Career Cast for philosophy professors, because that's not where universities publish academic jobs. You have to look at academic listing sources for that, not general job listings.
Philosophy?
I search Career Cast for Philosophy jobs for the entire country there was 2 full time and 2 part time positions. That doesn't sound like a career with much promise.
Thanks, very interesting
Thanks, very interesting article.
dont understand it
sorry dont speak inglish
but tell my what is it ?
My Job
It is a very good article.
A have the best job - Yahooooooooo!
Philosophy is useful
I'm not sure why some people think philosophy is not useful. Here is a list of Philosophy professors who have won nobel prizes. Is it because they were so unhelpful to society? I suggest that those people slighting philosophy on this website should learn something about it.
Herbert Spencer
Rudolph Euken
Henri Bergson
Bertrand Russell
Albert Camus
Jean-Paul Sartre (Sartre turned it down)
Many other Nobel Prize winners have studied philosophy extensively.
Amartya Sen (economics/currently joint appointment in philosophy Harvard)
T.S. Eliot (literature)
Albert Schweitzer (peace)
Jean-Marie Lehn (chemistry)
George Pire (peace)
Pearl Buck (literature)
Martin Luther King (peace)
P. Michael Spence (economics)
Aung San Suu Kyi (peace)
Sven Soderman (literature)
Gustav Straseman (peace)
Anthony Leggett (physics)
Daniel Nathans (medicine)
Ivo Andric (literature)
Elie Wiesel (peace)
You have the best job in the world!!!!
I do not want to disagree with your list but can not resist myself thinking about it and the numbering system. Why did you not put yourself in the top most rank, as you do not have any stress level at all.
you have the best job in the world.....
Best Major for your Career...
Michael Jordan was a Cultural Geography major. Oh sure, most of us know that he ended up with a job with ridiculously high physical demands, punishing stress levels and very hostile working environments (on the road at least). Was there ever a time where he asked, "Won't it be great to finally get a job in my major and study the migration of meme's throughout the country? What a fine life I've chosen." Something tells me he had a pretty good career, in spite of his chosen major and all the "negatives" inherent in his work environment.
Physician
I'm a PhD chemist and a physician. Being a physician pays a whole bunch more. And occasionally I get to actually save someone's life. Delivering a baby to a couple you know is a huge rush. Being in academics I get to teach.
The hours suck, I often pull 100 hours weeks. And they can take my house, life savings and toys away if I screw up. It only requires 12 years of education after high school.
The down side is that I don't get to blow shit up like I did as a chemist..
Doubtful
Are you really anything you say? Or are you just horribly under-insured?
Philosophy
Loved your comment: "But are we really to believe that their job ranks above hedge trimmers? Really?" Had this been facebook I would have 'liked' it.
STATISTICS...
geez here I go again, please understand this list...although it's fun to joke about why certain jobs are listed "Above" others and laugh about it (I get that, really I do), however there's no relevance to it when you understand that this list is BASED ON 5 things: pay, stress, work environment, outlook, and physical demands. That said, it makes perfect sense why some of these odd jobs are listed above or below others that one might think are "better". This list is not based on "What most people perceieve about each of these jobs without really knowning or living through it but based purely on wage and idealistic ideas of them"...nope sorry that's called basing things on bullshit and unfortunately this was someone trying to use actual statistics.
Railroad conductor
A conductor does not operate a locomotive. That is the job of the locomotive engineer. The engineer also gets to ring the bell and blow the whistle.
You must love Philosophy to persist.
I'm a Philosophy professor and I love teaching. When students ask me about pursuing a career in Philosophy, I tell them it's like acting. Very few would-be actors can make a living doing it, but if you love it, it's worth giving it a try. I know how lucky I am. Many of my colleagues from graduate school had to give up and do something else.
Philosophers have great jobs
I'm a philosopher, and I love my job, as do most philosophers. It is, indeed, a great job, but it is clearly not worth pursuing by those who don't understand its attraction.
Emergency Medical Technician - Paramedic
I recently read a report attributed to "careercast," ranking "Emergency Medical Technician" as one of the ten worst jobs of 2011. While a reported median income of $13.77 may be accurate for EMT/Basic, the report could be deceptive to those who are not familiar with the medical profession. In the U.S., there are three levels of Emergency Medical Technician: Basic, Intermediate and Paramedic, each with different training and education requirements as well as a different pay scale and outlook. While there are many EMT/Basic (EMT-B) jobs across the nation and most often, organizations are short staffed, EMT/Paramedic is an entirely different story. I will restrict my comments to the EMT/Basic and EMT/Paramedic levels as the EMT/Intermediate (an intermediate step between the two) is not as prevelant as the others.
EMT/Basic's attend an average of 120 hours of training based upon the national registry training curriculum. EMT/Paramedic's, require completion of what is usually a college program, most often resulting in completion of a degree in Paramedic Sciences. On average, and after completion of college pre-requisites, the Paramedic program can take between two and three years, including clinical rotations in the hospital setting in areas such as ER, OB/GYN, Cardiac Cath Lab and Anesthesia. In addition, Paramedic students complete semesters as "interns" and "residents," working with field preceptors. Upon completion of the course or degree, Paramedics who certify on the National registry level may work in settings such as the ER, ground or air transport or in an EMS system, beit a tierd system (where an ambulance with two EMT's respond to all calls, refered to as BLS or "Basic Life Support and Paramedics or ALS "Advanced Life Support" is dispatched only to life threats/critical calls) or a dual-role system with one EMT and a Paramedic or two Paramedics on an ambulance. While EMT's are trained to perform basic life support functions such as basic patient assessment, bleeding control and splinting, oxygen therapy, assisting patients with self-administered medications, CPR, AED operation, c-spine immobilization and other basic interventions, Paramedics are able to perform, independently, most emergency procedures a hospital ER might perform. This includes everything from advanced patient assessment, cardiac monitoring and diagnostics, IV therapy and medications, to chest decompressions/thorocotomy, certain types of surgical airway (needle cric) and endotracheal intubation including rapid sequence induction (anesthesia) in the pre-hospital setting. In short, Paramedics perform more invasive procedures and more advanced procedures than most RN's. Currently, three states permit Paramedics to perform limited practice as primary care, provided the Paramedic is associated with a Physician. Paramedics are trained in, certified as and use daily, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Pediatric Advanced Life Support and many other advanced training curriculum. It is a field that continues to grow in both scope of practice as well as general outlook.
As a Mobile Intensive Care Paramedic, Advanced Cardiac Life Support Instructor, Pediatric Advanced Life Support Instructor, Didactic, Skills and Clinical Instructor, College Advisory Board Member and field preceptor, I am pleased with both the outlook for this career as well as with my own job satisfaction and income. Most of my colleagues earn in the $70K to $80K range with minimal overtime, while a number of us who work a decent amount of OT or teach as well, earn in excess of $100K annually. Yes, the 12 hour shifts may seem cumbersome, but the average three to four day work week, (often every other weekend off/three day weekend) abundant time off and good benefits (employer matching 401K or similar, medical, vision, dental, prescription, AFLAC, etc.) make this a career I, personally, love. I enjoy going to work everyday, work with people that become like family and truly feel as though we make a difference. Worst job of 2011? No way!
Paramedic, It would be very
Paramedic,
It would be very interesting to know a little more about your workplace. I am a firefighter/emt in an inner city fire department. We went als about 8 yrs ago. Before that we responded much as you described above, in which a bls ambulance , when the situation warranted, met an als unit from the hospital. When that private enterprise folded, the decision was made that the needs of, and benefits to its residents, were such as to require the city to provide Als services.
Our paramedics receive an additional 10% to their base pay for carrying a medic license. Which takes them from upper 40s to a lower 50s on average. But our city, like many others, is cutting budgets and is eliminating this increase for new hires (in addition to many other large wage, healthcare, and retirement cuts).
It will be interesting to see if they can continue to get quality applicants willing to go through the training you detailed above and receive no additional compensation. Some of our paramedics have forfeited their 10% medic pay and moved to other positions due to the stresses related to our overtaxed ambulances.
It seems most paramedic positions are in some way associated with a fire or ems public department. In fact the local university uses our department for their "ride times" as the ambulance at my house makes on average 17 responses/day (most of which provide great contacts), and our paramedics are their preceptors with no compensation.
When you combine this new lower wage scale with the stressful work environment and increasingly poor perception of public employees and the jobs they do,
I would say, "worst job of 2011? No way. Declining steadily? Maybe."
Where did you get your figures?
I have been working in the EMS field for 11 years. The last 7 have been a Paramedic. I work two full time jobs at two different services and don't even make 50k a year. If you and your colleagues are averaging 70 - 80k I need to come there and work.
Where's the Executive Assistant?
Yeah, isn't it hysterical, the big CEO's and VP's all have Exec Assistants so they can do all their leg work and babysit them. They can't even manage their own calendars. The Exec Assistant is always there to make them look good and they get the credit and big bucks and we're not even counted here.
I'm a displaced Exec Admin Assist from a major corporation where a "suit" decided to do a total reorganization that didn't work. After everyone was displaced, he moved on, and then everything got changed back to the way it was in the first place. In the mean, time many lost their jobs because of this idiot's big ideas. He who doesn't have a clue what the "little people" even do, but it doesn't matter as long as he comes out on top.
Am I bitter...damn right I am, I've seen this happen all too often in Corporate America.
Calgary Herald
Some how I've landed the job of all jobs. I install commercial millwork & earn $220,000 per year. My employees earn $60,000 per year. I DO NOT manufacture the millwork, I only install it. Of course I'm up at 5 am & sometimes I work 14 hour days, but not 7 days a week.
CHEMICAL ENGINEER?
So apparently a bricklaying job is way better than a chemical engineering one?
Yes
I guess it is moron. Whats wrong with laying brick???? So your better than me and my job because your a chemical engineer???? Wake up clown!
Yeah
Actually, the answer would be yes. Sorry bricklayer.
Yes and No
Agreed: Chemical Engineering may have its drawbacks but “bad backs” is not one of them!
I'm a Chemical Engineer and a
I'm a Chemical Engineer and a physicist, love the second one, but hate the first, you see, Engineers feel like they can match scientists, but they dont, especially CE.
Correct me if I'm wrong but
Correct me if I'm wrong but aren't engineers the ones that use science and apply it for the betterment of society?
That's right
Engineers actually produce something with their work, whereas most scientists don't. Oh, wait, you've come up with theory Wonderful? Oh, wait, it's been refuted by theory Splendid.
No one ever refuted the dam I helped build. Enjoy that power you use to run that simulation that will never see the light of the day outside your "lab" by the way.
this article
the author of this story is truly an idiot. the criteria used are meaningless. some of the jobs listed as worst, like welder, are actually really good six figure jobs for non-college graduates. what a moron. go get a real job.
Philosophy is indeed a good
Philosophy is indeed a good gig-- and yeah, professional philosophers are people employed in an academic setting. A philosophy professor is probably the paradigmatic example of a philosopher that the author of this article had in mind. Otherwise, philosophers might be employed as members of hospital ethics boards, for example, if they specialize in ethics.
Philosopher??
yeah right
Where's the Executive Assistant?
It's our responsibility to support everyone else in the office, yet we're not even on the list. Invisible. As usual.
hahaha. i just imagine Ari's
hahaha. i just imagine Ari's assistant from entourage, Lloyd, saying that. fucking hilarious.
LOL
LOL PHILOSOPHER ROFLOL
Professional philosophers
Professional philosophers include people working in university settings as philosophy professors. Some positions are more teaching oriented than others. Some positions are more research (writing papers/books) oriented than others. If you are laughing because you think a philosopher is someone who is merely a self-proclaimed speculator, think again.
Only in America is
Only in America is "philosopher" a joke. No wonder this country is going down.
Don't know about the rest of the world..
But in Europe "philosopher" is a joke as well. Then again, we're not doing too good either.
Mail Carrier
As an 18 year career mail carrier my base pay is 55,550 and with overtime I have topped 70,000. It is only stressful when you let it get to you.
Then you don't carry mail in a major city...
Mail Carrying is the most stressful job out. Wartime, hardship duty in the military is less stressful than carrying mail. Your route must be flat, low-volume, nice weather, and either two or one bundle delivery, with no more than two trays of DPS daily - and NO papers. Carrying is the worse.
Cash In on Baby Boomers
Audiologist sounds like a cool job. Baby boomers are getting old and losing their hearing, and they can pay me to sell them hearing aids. How can I lose?
Huh?
What?
Audiologist IS a cool job,
Audiologist IS a cool job, because I am one. The article doesn't mention that the entry level degree for audiology is a doctorate--and unfortunately the pay doesn't reflect the 8+ years of college education we have. Oh well, it's a cool job.
To the person who replied "what?"...yeah, we've never heard THAT before. ;)
Audiology!!!
I'm an Audiologist with a Doctorate degree, 2 years out of school and make a lot more than $64,000. I will probably make close to $100,000 this year. So be encouraged. Things are getting better!
$100,000..... I wish. I want to know where you work :)
Getting out of school with my doctorate they offered $52,000. Four years later and base salary isn't much better. If you are doing diagnostics, there is no way you are going to make $100,000 (at least in the 5 states I've been in). No one will pay you that much for diagnostics. If you do hearing aids for a very charitable employer (one that isn't reaping the benefits off of all of your work), then you might hit $100,000. Luckily I'm married now or I'd never be able to live on the salary with the outrageous monthly student loan payment scheduled to be paid off in 55+ years. Hopefully pay will begin to reflect the amount of schooling and student loans we rack up.
And regarding Audiology being the number one least stressful job - Being an audiologist is NOT an easy job. I love my job BUT we don’t get nearly the pay or the respect that physicians get, yet take on an enormous amount of student debt with outrageous loan payments, have to maintain malpractice insurance as M.D.s do, accept low reimbursement from insurance companies, and work in a diagnostic environment with birth through elderly. If you are doing your job with great care and consideration, it's not a walk in the park.
Maybe I'd be less stressed if I made $100,000 for all of my work/responsibilities. :)
Hopefully you will be right
Hopefully you will be right but the future of audiology as a profession is questionnable. In addition, a 45% attrition rate is fairly high but this number might go down since audiologists will spend TONS of money to obtain their degree. Glad your hearing your hearing aid dispensing career has taken off. I'm sure you'll have a successful career dispensing hearing aids.