The Deadliest Jobs in America
The U.S. Department of Labor tracks how many people die at work, and why. The latest numbers were released in April and cover the last seven years through 2013. Some of the results may surprise you.
Which of these workers is most likely to die on the job?
Which of these jobs is near the top of the list for fatalities but near the bottom for pay?
Loggers have one of the worst job fatality-to-pay ratios. They die more often than police officers and firefighters, but are paid less.
Loggers have one of the worst job fatality-to-pay ratios. They die more often than police officers and firefighters, but are paid less.
Among transportation-related occupations, pilots assume more risk, but are better compensated.
Agricultural workers are near the top of the list for fatalities and at the very bottom for pay.
Which occupation has the highest number of deaths due to violence?
Garbage collectors
These workers die on the job about four times more often than firefighters and security guards. Transportation incidents are the biggest cause, accounting for 69% of fatalities.
It’s safer to be the boss…
Construction laborers die at a rate of 18.8
per 100,000, the 12th-most dangerous job
overall. Their managers, who spend time
at the office in addition to being on site,
have a fatality rate of just 3.7 per 100,000.
...or maybe not
Retail sales is low-risk work, though
supervisors die more frequently than their
subordinates (3.2 vs. 1.3 per 100,000).
