Broadcaster, Newspaper Reporter Among 'Worst Jobs'

Lumberjacks work outside in bitter cold and blazing heat, running heavy, dangerous machinery. They deal with massive trees and logs that can slip and cause serious injury. Forbes is reporting  the Occupational Safety and Health Administration ranks logging is the most dangerous job in America. For all that lumberjacks earn a median salary of just $24,000 and they face a dismal job growth projection by 2022 of 4%. The danger, stress and poor pay land lumberjacks at the top of career advice and job listing website CareerCast’s 2014 list of the 10 worst jobs in the U.S. (You can read a complete list of 200 jobs rated here.)

Since 1995, a small team of two doctoral students at the University of Wisconsin, headed by career book author Les Krantz, have been putting together a list of America’s best and worst jobs. They’ve come up with a formula that takes into account a range of considerations, from what they call emotional factors like the degree of competitiveness and the amount of public contact (both viewed as negatives), to physical demands including crawling, stooping and bending and work conditions like toxic fumes and noise. In addition to income and growth potential in the field, they look at what they call stress factors, like the amount of travel the job requires, deadlines, and physical risks like whether the workers’ or their colleagues’ lives are put at risk on the job.

Broadcaster ranks just worst than a Head Cook..and just better than a Taxi Driver.

For a story on CareerCast’s list of 10 best jobs, click here.