Best jobs, worst jobs

Check out a list in the Wall Street Journal, which has 200 jobs, ranked from “best” to “worst.” It’s good news if you’re an actuary, very bad news if you’re a roustabout.

Actually, they have a surprisingly detailed methodology on the CareerCast.com site, where the study comes from.

I can’t find “Journalist” or “Blogger” anywhere on the list (they must be #201 and #202 – ha!) but there’s loads of interesting comparisons.

For example, “Author (books)” ranks #74 — just above “Hotel manager.”

Pity the poor “Photojournalist” though, who comes in a lowly #189. That’s 12th-worst. Oops, there’s “Reporter (newspaper)” at #184. Yikes. The difference between a Photojournalist and a Reporter? Apparently, “Firefighter,” “Sheet Metal Worker,” “Emergency Medical Technician” and “Stevedore.”

Depressingly, “Nuclear Decontamination Technician” comes in at a relatively lofty #165.