<p>what jobs have the highest rate of satisfaction and the happiest workers? </p>
<p>for example i hear that even though lawyers make a lot of money a lot of them don’t like their job and lawyers are 4 times more likely to be depressed than most other people (heard it on the news)… </p>
<p>same thing with doctors they make a lot of money but i heard a lot of them get fed up with having to put up with insurance companies and they don’t sound like the happiest people in the world either… </p>
<p>dentists make serious cash but have the highest rate of suicide for any profession, i think…</p>
<p>So what occupations are the opposite of what I’ve listed? which occupations have the happiest workers? they don’t have to make a lot of cash, just be happy.</p>
<p>You’re really off on who makes a lot of money. Most lawyers don’t. Doctors average just over $100K but most have hundreds of thousands in loans on top of malpractice insurance and administrative costs. Helping professions produce the most satisfaction according to most surveys although people who really make a lot of money are a close second (CEOs of big companies, investment bankers, management consultants, business owners etc.)</p>
<p>Hahahaha do you actually believe that occupations such as investment banking and management consulting employ happy workers? Think again my friend, think again. With the exception of the top management at those companies most employees are miserable, albeit wealthy.</p>
<p>Edit: kazz, think more along the lines of 90-100 hours/week average at a BB firm in NYC.</p>
<p>These numbers make me think that lawyers may not make a lot of cash early on but a decade afterwards they are making quite a bit. Dentists and Physicians start off making a lot and end up making even more as their careers go on. Maybe our opinion of what “a lot of money” is but in my opinion anyone who is making over $100K per year is very well off. I have a feeling that most lawyers are able to pay off their loans it wouldn’t make sense for so many people to want to be lawyers if the cash they made wasn’t enough to pay off their loans. It might take them a while but likely most of them make enough cash to pay off their loans…</p>
<p>I don’t know where that corporate lawyer info is coming from. Anyone coming from a top 25 law school going to a top 50 law firm is going to have starting salary more ~ $130,000.</p>
<p>Apparently hairdressers, clergy, and chefs are very happy. Makes sense that those who make things beautiful or tasty or have a super-cause to work for will also be very happy working. The unhappy crowd includes teachers, lawyers, bankers, and real estate agents.</p>
<p>Teachers are really unhappy, there always complaining about how little they get paid. In my opinion the best occupations would be athletes, actorS ETC, in my opinion you can be happy at any job aslong as you love it and have a passion for it.</p>
<p>Teachers also do not get enough respect in United States. In my home country being a teacher was much more prestigious than in US even though they did not receive good pay either. However, they were often in the center of attention and usually received various gifts from parents who thought of teachers as gatekeepers of their child’s education. If Americans try to respect their teachers more, not only will there be more qualified people fill in the ranks given then same low salary, but the currect teachers will be much more happy to teach their kids.</p>
<p>I have seen a study that indicated that one of the jobs has produces the highest job satisfaction is being an actuary. If you think about it, that makes sense: they often set their own timetable, do not suffer if their numbers are wrong (because no one knows until several years later anyway!), and get paid well and earn respect as intelligent professionals. Despite the actuarial jokes, that is.</p>
<p>I have seen the studies stating that actuaries are among the “best” occupations, and I must say I am very skeptical. First off, there is in fact a hefty penalty if their numbers are wrong, in that they are pressured to take difficult exams every three months or so, which they must pass. I have heard that if an actuary fails the same exam three times, then he is fired, a hefty price to pay for inaccuracy. Furthermore, they are not paid especially well, when compared to other attractive young professional occupations such as IB, consulting, engineers, and lawyers. And on the final point, they certainly do not earn respect, especially in NYC, where they are essentially ridiculed by investment bankers and the like as “glorified accountants;” granted this opinion is malinformed, it is nonetheless the reality of peoples’ opinions.</p>