PARADE: Most and Least Stressful Jobs 2014

 DID YOUR CHOSEN CAREER MAKE ONE OF THESE LISTS?

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Want to slash your stress levels? You might want to look into a career as an audiologist, hair stylist, or jeweler—these three jobs were ranked as the least pressure-filled jobs in CareerCast’s just-released annual list of the most and least stressful jobs for 2014.

Each year, the job search website analyzes 200 career paths for stress levels based on 11 factors: amount of travel (the less travel, the better); growth potential (“dead-end jobs tend to create more stress,” the site writes); deadlines; working in the public eye; competitiveness within the workplace; physical demands; environmental conditions; how often your life is at risk; how often other lives are at risk; hazards; and contact with the public.
With those conditions in mind, it’s no surprise that the top two spots on the “most stressful” list were military related and that firefighting ranked as No. 3—and that police officers and airline pilots also made the top 10.
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But that doesn’t mean office jobs are safe from stress. Public relations executive, senior corporate executive, and newspaper reporter also were among the most taxing jobs.
Check out CareerCast’s 10 most and least stressful jobs are below, along with the site’s estimates of median salary for each of the professions. And tell us in the comments if you agree with these rankings.
The 10 most stressful jobs:
1. Enlisted military personnel
Median salary: $29,000
2. Military general
Median salary: $196,000
3. Firefighter
Median salary: $45,000
4. Airline pilot
Median salary: $114,000

5. Event coordinator
Median salary: $46,000
6. Public relations executive
Median salary: $54,000
7. Senior corporate executive
Median salary: $168,000

8. Newspaper reporter
Median salary: $36,000
9. Police officer
Median salary: $55,000
10. Taxi driver
Median salary: $23,000

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And the 10 least stressful jobs:
1. Audiologist
Median salary: $79,000
2. Hair stylist
Median salary: $23,000
3. Jeweler
Median salary: $35,000
4. University professor
Median salary: $64,000
5. Seamstress/tailor
Median salary: $26,000

6. Dietitian
Median salary: $55,000
7. Medical records technician
Median salary: $34,000
8. Librarian
Median salary: $34,000
9. Multimedia artist (creates visuals and animations for television, movies, video games, etc.)
Median salary: $61,000
10. Drill press operator
Median salary: $36,000