CNBC came up with a list of the top 10 most stressful jobs.
What makes a stressful job?
Factors that weighed into stress include work environment, job competitiveness, physical demands, deadlines, on-the-job dangers and even the job’s growth potential.
1. Commercial Airline Pilot
Average annual salary: $117,060
2. Public Relations Executive
Average annual salary: $101,850
3. Senior Corporate Executive
Average annual salary: $167,280
4. Photojournalist
Average annual salary: $43,270
5. Newscaster
Average annual salary: $43,270
6. Advertising Account Executive
Average annual salary: $97,670
7. Architect
Average annual salary: $78,800
8. Stockbroker
Average annual salary: $85,580
9. Emergency Medical Technician
Average annual salary: $33,020
10. Real Estate Agent
Average annual salary: $53,100
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Workplace stress is arguably subjective since what is challenging or stressful to one person may not be to another.
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I agree that jobs where you hold peoples lives in your hands are the most stressful…but the others?
You wanna talk stress. Try being a server in a busy restaurant! Some of the rudest and meanest people are dining customers! You meet hundreds of new people a week and have to adjust your personality, speed, manners and tone with every table…and unlike most other jobs…your income relies on this. Not a lot of other workers have to put up with being yelled at, insulted, demeaned and even being the stress relief target for others and still have to smile and apologize without having time to take a break and shake it off.
Don’t believe me? I challenge anyone to try it for a week. My guess is, you will be happy as hell to get back to your camera or real estate office!
A stressed out pilot should never show up to work. EVER.
I’m slightly surprised that photojournalist is on the list. But I guess if you’re given the task of getting a great shot within a few seconds, that could be kind of stressful. I worked as a receptionist in an ad agency once. The stress oozed through the walls where the account managers worked.
I think being a Nurse can be a really stressful job, you are always caring for sick people and then you deal directly with the families.
There’s a huge pay discreptancy between many of the jobs on this Top 10 most stressful jobs list. Frankly, if I’m going to have a stressful job, it better be one that pays well, so I’m at least not stressed about my home/financial life, in addition to my work life.
Honestly the most stressful job is low paid job – when you stressed at work, you are spending as much time as the rest of the folks at work and have go t nothing for your family.
I’m an advertising account executive and I agree 100% with it belonging on this list. I’m not surprised at all to see it on there. Managing budgets, timelines, teams of people internally and client expectations definitely adds up.
Real Estate agent? I wonder if the stress is because of the bad housing market. It doesn’t seem very stressful. They just have to drive around and chat with customers.
That’s the kind of comment people make about my job as well – it must be nice to be a photographer. You only work one day a week and all you have to do is press the shutter button. 😉 There’s a heck of a lot more to being a Realtor than “just driving around and chatting with customers”.
Initially I was surprised to see PR Account Executives and Advertising Executives listed amongst jobs where the repercussions of failure don’t bear thinking about (i.e. being a commerical airline pilot) or where a work/life balance is notoriously difficult to strike (i.e. being a senior corporate executive or stockbroker). On second thoughts, however, it struck me that being reliant on a client’s goodwill and continued business for job security must definitely take its toll. Interesting post.
The big name advertising and communications firms are often notorious sweatshops. It’s not just the constant pressure to keep bringing in accounts, but the stress of the long hours. There are some very large, prestigious PR and communications firms in my city where the staff works 80 hour weeks.
The other problem is that while advertising pay and PR pay tend to be good at the executive level at the bottom and even mid-levels during your 20s and 30s you are expected to work very long hours for very little pay. If you break down what a starting person makes at these firms by hour, it comes out to much less than min. wage. So basically at the lower levels and sometimes even mid levels you are working investment banker hours for far less than banker pay.