Digging Deep

A survey of 200 different jobs according to the criteria of stress, work environment, physical demands, income, and outlook results in a rather interesting ranking.

The top five jobs are:

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

Note that the top three jobs directly use statistics and data analysis! Interesting to know, especially in a down economy.

And for symmetry, the bottom five jobs are:

1. Lumberjack
2. Dairy Farmer
3. Taxi Driver
4. Seaman
5. Emergency Medical Technician