Office-related stress plays a big part in a new study from WalletHub that compares stress among some of the country’s largest cities. The financial site compared 180 cities across four key dimensions using 37 different metrics: work-related stress, money-related stress, family-related stress and health and safety-related stress.
Regarding work-related stress, points were tallied based on factors including unemployment rates, average commute times and income growth rates. As for money-related stressors, median incomes and housing affordability were taken into consideration. Family-related stress was calculated using childcare costs rates and parental-leave policies while health and safety stressors were calculated using statistics on increases in annual health premiums, suicide rates and mental health.
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10. St. Louis
Financial stress: 19
Family stress: 50
Health and safety stress: 17
Total score: 53.57
9. Gulfport, Mississippi
Financial stress: 18
Family stress: 43
Health and safety stress: 3
Total score: 54.82
8. Milwaukee
Financial stress: 14
Family stress: 12
Health and safety stress: 33
Total score: 55.02
7. Wilmington, Delaware
Financial stress: 30
Family stress: 33
Health and safety stress: 28
Total score: 55.25
6. Baltimore
Financial stress: 8
Family stress: 10
Health and safety stress: 48
Total score: 56.94
5. Toledo, Ohio
Financial stress: 7
Family stress: 14
Health and safety stress: 5
Total score: 57.42
4. Birmingham, Alabama
Financial stress: 5
Family stress: 3
Health and safety stress: 4
Total score: 58.03
3. Cleveland
Financial stress:2
Family stress: 6
Health and safety stress: 7
Total score: 60.81
2. Newark
Financial stress: 4
Family stress: 1
Health and safety stress: 45
Total score: 62.80
1. Detroit
Financial stress: 3
Family stress: 4
Health and safety stress: 1
Total score: 63.53