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The Best (and Worst) Jobs in America

Findings confirm it's good to be nerdy

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(Newser) – How desirable is your daily grind? A new study aims to answer that question with a list ranking the best and worst jobs according to five factors: “environment, income, employment outlook, physical demands, and stress,” the Wall Street Journal reports. In the end, the CareerCast list suggests, nerds rule. Best jobs:

  1. Mathematician
  2. Actuary
  3. Statistician
  4. Biologist
  5. Software engineer

Worst jobs:

  1. EMT
  2. Seaman
  3. Taxi driver
  4. Dairy farmer
  5. Lumberjack

Lumberjack is the worst job in America, the list says.
Lumberjack is the worst job in America, the list says.   (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
Software engineering is the fifth-best job you can have in the US, the list says.
Software engineering is the fifth-best job you can have in the US, the list says.   (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
Janese Jordan poses for a photo in a small apartment where she is training to become a certified painter. The occupation is listed as one of the worst.
Janese Jordan poses for a photo in a small apartment where she is training to become a certified painter. The occupation is listed as one of the worst.   (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
Mathematicians have it good, the study says.
Mathematicians have it good, the study says.   (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
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