What career path should you consider if job security is your main concern? To answer that question, 24/7 Wall St. looked at unemployment rates across a variety of fields and found 26 occupations with unemployment rates of just 1% or less—and another 26 with unemployment rates ranging from 8.5% to more than 25%. The jobs with the best job security in the US:
- Construction and building inspectors with an unemployment rate of 0.1%
- Biological scientists with an unemployment rate of 0.2%
- Stationary engineers and boiler operators with an unemployment rate of 0.2%
- Directors of religious activities and education with an unemployment rate of 0.2%
- Police and sheriff's patrol operators with an unemployment rate of 0.3%
- Occupational therapists (tied for 5th) with an unemployment rate of 0.3%
The jobs with the worst job security in the US:
- Actors with an unemployment rate of 26.6%
- Models, demonstrators, and product promoters with an unemployment rate of 23.4%
- Telemarketers with an unemployment rate of 15.1%
- Graders and sorters of agricultural products with an unemployment rate of 14.9%
- Tax preparers with an unemployment rate of 12.3%
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