BEST, WORST JOBS

According to a new survey by CareerCast.com, actuaries have the best job in the United States. Biomedical engineer was No. 2 and software engineer came in at No.3. Careers that ranked the lowest included enlisted military personnel, lumberjack and newspaper reporter.

Here are the Top 25 Jobs:
1 Actuary
2 Biomedical Engineer
3 Software Engineer
4 Audiologist
5 Financial Planner
6 Dental Hygienist
7 Occupational Therapist
8 Optometrist
9 Physical Therapist
10 Computer Systems Analyst
11 Chiropractor
12 Speech Pathologist
13 Physiologist
14 University Professor
15 Veterinarian
16 Dietician
17 Pharmacist
18 Mathematician
19 Sociologist
20 Statistician
21 Physicist
22 Optician
23 Podiatrist
24 Web Developer
25 Historian
* Wait, a statistician should be able to distort the data so their job is higher than #20.
* Financial planner? I’m in radio. We don’t look that far ahead.
* Sociologist? Yeah, they make a ton of money.
* In case you’re wondering a podiatrist makes podcasts for the Internet.

Here are the Bottom Ten:
190 Farmer
191 Flight Attendant
192 Roofer
193 Mail Carrier
194 Meter Reader
195 Dairy Farmer
196 Oil Rig Worker
197 Actor
198 Enlisted Military Personnel
199 Lumberjack
200 Reporter (Newspaper)
* I know what you’re thinking: “How did Proctologist not make the Worst Jobs list?”
* I feel sorry for the Dairy Farmers who now wish they had just been plain Farmers.
* Yes, I can see where acting would be worse than being an oil rig worker.
* What if you were an actor, and your role was a reporter for a military newspaper?
* The only downside of being an actuary is having to constantly explain what an actuary is.
* Flight Attendant is bad – Flight attendant on Malaysian Airlines is worse.
* Don’t worry if you’re a newspaper reporter. You’ll be doing something else soon enough.
* Being an actor isn’t that bad. It depends on how good the restaurant you work in is.