Ranking of 250 Jobs by Jobs Almanac

http://www.egguevara.com ^ | May 10, 2002 | The Jobs Almanac

[geaux]

1. Web site manager
2. Actuary
3. Computer Systems Analyst
4. Software engineer
5. Mathematician
6. Computer programmer
7. Accountant
8. Industrial engineer
9. Hospital administrator
10. Web developer
11. Paralegal assistant
12. Parole officer
13. Meteorologist
14. Technical writer
15. Medical secretary
16. Medical technologist
17. Financial planner
18. Medical laboratory technician
19. Astronomer
20. Historian
21. Postal inspector
22. Dental hygienist
23. Biologist
24. Insurance underwriter
25. Sociologist
26. Urban/regional planner
27. Physiologist
28. Bank officer
29. Broadcast technician
30. Agency director
31. Dental laboratory technician
32. Statistician
33. Motion picture editor
34. Audiologist
35. Industrial engineer
36. Nuclear engineer
37. Vocational counselor
38. Computer service technician
39. Optometrist
40. Medical records technician
41. Dietitian
42. Physicist
43. Political scientist
44. Federal judge
45. Mechanical engineer
46. Speech pathologist
47. Pharmacist
48. Occupational therapist
49. Publication editor
50. Economist

[geaux]

I thought this was interesting; didn't see this posted anywhere else. You can see 51 - 250 located here.

[RightWhale]

How are they ranked? Self-satisfaction, reputation, pay?

[CollegeRepublican]

Industrial Engineer is listed twice

[TomT in NJ]

#2 is way over-rated. I'm an actuary - the profession is OK but #2???

[geaux]

They take into account rate of pay, stress levels, and job security. I think they have more factors, though; I'll try to find out specifically how it was decided and the weight carried by each element.

[Happygal]

Are they 'best' or 'worst' professions?

[mcsparkie]

Actuary is always ranked near the top, usually in job satisfactin. Don't they embalm corpses?

[Happygal]

My job comes in at No. 176. Being a Catholic Priest in this climate it seems is more desirable than being a newspaper reporter! *LOL*

[Azrael]

What is an Actuary?

[balrog666]

Industrial Engineer is listed twice

Maybe they're all schizophrenic?!

[geaux]

These are the top fifty; the link takes you to their idea of the top 250.

[savedbygrace]

Maybe you're thinking of mortuary, which is where morticians work.

[geaux]

Looks to me like professional guesstimators.

[sphinx]

At first glance, I sure don't see much of a pattern ....

[savedbygrace]

According to Merriam-Webster: One who calculates insurance and annuity premiums, reserves, and dividends.

[Centurion2000]

Nice to see that my job is listed as number 3 but as my boss "Darth Carter" would say, "Where are the F%^&ing metrics ??"

[eno_]

Close, they just tell you the odds.

[eno_]

Cop rates just above 200th, just a nose ahead of jockey.

[Republicus2001]

Har, I see archivist isn't on the list-when people ask me what I do - they think I'm a bomb-thrower