15 most stressful, lowest-paying jobs in the U.S.

News Type: Event — Seeded on Sat Oct 31, 2009 4:30 PM EDT

Article Source: Chicago Tribune

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Who would have thought that Social Workers (No. 1) would have more stressful jobs than Film/Television Producers (No. 14)??? Commercial Photog is No. 8, Minister is No. 10, high school teachers are No. 15 on this list.

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MinnieApolis

This survey had a lot of surprises. What was most surprising to you about this ranking? Would you agree or disagree with where they placed certain jobs?

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#1 - Sat Oct 31, 2009 4:32 PM EDT

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Dr Know

The average total compensation for a minister is about $56,000 the same for teachers. The average American makes about $20,000 less. I have suspicions about this list.

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#2 - Sat Oct 31, 2009 11:56 PM EDT

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MinnieApolis

It is NOT about the compensation one receives for a job; that is just a part of the rankings. The stress involved, the lack of control over one's job situation, the lack of approval/support from society, all contribute. A teacher, say, has to face lots of negative situations with kids out of control, yet gets little support from parents or administrators. And they have no control over the larger societal influences that create those problems in the classroom.

Ministers have little of the general support and approval from society that they enjoyed decades ago. Our society has become more and more secular, with greater numbers of people who deny that there is any higher power of any kind. On the other hand, they are expected to be perfect paragons of virtue in their community. That is a hard double-whammy to handle anywhere.

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#3 - Sun Nov 1, 2009 10:27 AM EST

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Dr Know

Your headline says "lowest paid". I can agree that the jobs are stressful. They are NOT the lowest paid by any stretch of the imagination. Part of what they are being paid for IS the stress of the job.

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1 vote

#3.1 - Sun Nov 1, 2009 10:53 AM EST

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MinnieApolis

I'll grant you that, Dr. K.
But anyway it is not MY headline, and I would not have phrased it the way they did. However, schoolteachers' pay can vary widely depending on what is needed to get by in that area. Teachers are paid a lot more in New York, say, but living expenses are much higher -- but it skews the averages for the rest of the country. Badly. And frankly whether you are single, or married and trying to raise a family, $50K is just getting by. Fifty thou nowadays is what you need to make to just have an average std of living in America. Working people who make far less are just a paycheck away from the street.

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#3.2 - Sun Nov 1, 2009 11:51 AM EST

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