Top 10 Low Stress Jobs

cnn.com:

Great pay and superior growth prospects. Work that's meaningful. Those are some of the qualities we looked for when selecting America's best jobs.

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Comments

[NYC-CatLover]

09:48 AM on 10/11/2009

Education/training consultant? Yeah, that's probably low-stress because most of them are unemployed now. It's BS "not crucial" positions like education/training consultant that a company axes first in a downtown.

College professor? Low pay and there aren't many positions available. Maybe it's low-stress for the ones who actually have jobs?

Tech Writer/ Software Engineer/ Etc - low stress because they are unemployed after their jobs get sent to India?

I don't know if Physical Therapist, Occupational Therapist, and Speech Therapist are low-stress but those are the only jobs in the list with growth potential in the field.

[HeresHoping]

04:38 PM on 10/10/2009

I do NOT believe the 59% college professor data. I'm 20 years into this job and it's the WORST it's ever been; slashed budgets, grossly underprepared students, the Bush Years of Hating Education, being Lumped In With Liberals... my own grad students have said "I'll NEVER do what you do for a living".

[jake3 14]

11:00 PM on 10/09/2009

Technical writer as low-stress position?! I worked for more than 10 years in the field, mostly in Silicon Valley, so I speak from experience when I say that tech. writers are at the ass-end of the software development process and given just as little regard as other stuff that comes out that end. They are under *enormous* stress, more so now than when I started. Forced to deal with cryptic spec.s, little time with s/w engineers, and living with the reality that great software and crappy doc.s will sell, but not the other way around.

[dteg]

04:03 AM on 10/10/2009

I agree. Most of the list is bogus. Most jobs in private industry are high stress. With all the do more with less atmosphere in the workplace, everyone not at the top is stressed out.

[goddess1871]

08:06 PM on 10/09/2009

College Professor???? You have to be kidding! After tenure, MAYBE. But before?

[skantea]

05:58 PM on 10/09/2009

"Consultant" is a job you make up based on provable experience (and/or fast talk).
It's "Low stress" because people simply pay what you ask, and then do what you tell them to do.
And if things don't work out, blame the middle man.

"It's Good to be the King."

[67bug]

03:07 PM on 10/09/2009

No such thing as a low-stress job imho, even being a Librarian can be stressful!

[Ed and Deb Shapiro]

05:16 PM on 10/09/2009

67bug sorry

I am an author .... and write about stress and relaxation

also a Yoga and meditation teacher .. it is blessedly stress free

May all people be happy and free,

In Joy,
Ed

[peterg76]

01:50 PM on 10/09/2009

I think we can safely assume this was not a scientific study.