33 high-paying jobs for people who don't like stress
https://www.businessinsider.com/33-high-paying-jobs-for-people-who-dont-like-stress-2019-3
There are many jobs that are both well-paid and offer a relaxing work environment.
Using data from the Department of Labor, we found 33 jobs with annual salaries over $75,000 that also offer a relatively low-stress work situation.
Intense, high-stress jobs where you might face a lot of pressure aren't right for everyone.
Fortunately, for those who would like to work under more relaxing conditions, there are plenty of high-paying jobs that also tend to offer low-stress work environments.
The Department of Labor's O*NET Online occupational database includes survey-based measurements of how important various skills, activities, and personal traits are for a particular job. One of the characteristics measured is stress tolerance, which O*NET describes as jobs requiring "accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations."
O*NET scores job characteristics like stress tolerance on a scale from 0 to 100, where a 0 means stress tolerance is not at all necessary for an occupation, and 100 suggests a job with a very high-stress environment.
We ranked occupational groups from most to least stressful using O*NET's stress tolerance score, with lower scores indicating less stressful jobs. Since we are interested in high-paying jobs, we looked at occupations with average annual salaries of at least $75,000, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment Statistics data for May 2017, the most recently available release.
Several of the jobs fell in academia, with postsecondary teachers in various fields and researchers in economics, statistics, mathematics, and materials science dominating the top of the list.
Here are 33 high-paying low-stress jobs, ranked from most to least stressful, and by average annual wages in the event of a tied stress tolerance score:
33. Environmental scientists and specialists
32. Postsecondary history teachers
31. Postsecondary mathematical science teachers
30. Environmental engineers
29. Art directors
28. Ship engineers
27. Postsecondary computer science teachers
26. Agricultural engineers
25. Postsecondary geography teachers
24. Postsecondary political science teachers
23. Biochemists and biophysicists
22. Computer hardware engineers
21. Orthodontists
20. Postsecondary atmospheric, earth, marine, and space sciences teachers
19. Postsecondary area, ethnic, and cultural studies teachers
18. Epidemiologists
17. Biomedical engineers
16. Geoscientists
15. Postsecondary law teachers
14. Hydrologists
13. Astronomers
12. Postsecondary economics teachers
11. Operations research analysts
10. Materials engineers
9. Software applications developers
8. Political scientists
7. Chemical engineers
6. Physicists
5. Geographers
4. Statisticians
3. Economists
2. Mathematicians
1. Materials scientists
The 30 best high-paying jobs of the future
https://www.businessinsider.com/best-jobs-future-growth-2019-3
Using employment projection and salary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, we found 30 high-paying jobs that are poised to enjoy healthy employment growth over the next decade.
Several tech and medical occupations show up on the list.
The future of work is looking pretty bright, at least for nurses and software developers.
Plenty of medical and tech jobs are likely to keep growing in the next several years, and pay handsomely as well.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics' Employment Projections program publishes estimates for job growth across hundreds of occupations. The most recent release compares how many people worked in each occupation in 2016 with the Bureau's projections for 2026. We combined those job growth projections with 2017 median annual earnings for each occupation from the Bureau's Occupational Employment Statistics program, using the geometric mean of the two numbers, to find roles that are both growing and high-paying.
Since we are focused on high-paying jobs, we restricted our ranking to occupations with 2017 median earnings above the median among all occupations of $37,690.
Here are the 30 best jobs of the next decade or so:
30. Family and general practitioners
29. Dentists
28. Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters
27. Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses
26. Construction managers
25. Physician assistants
24. Wholesale and manufacturing sales representatives
23. Secondary school teachers
22. Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers
21. Computer systems analysts
20. First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers
19. Services sales representatives, all other
18. Systems software developers
17. Physical therapists
16. Nurse practitioners
15. Postsecondary health specialties teachers
14. Elementary school teachers
13. Computer and information systems managers
12. Business operations specialists, all other
11. Medical and health services managers
10. Lawyers
9. Managers, all other
8. Market research analysts and marketing specialists
7. Physicians and surgeons, all other
6. Management analysts
5. Accountants and auditors
4. Financial managers
3. General and operations managers
2. Applications software developers
1. Registered nurses