From physical danger to psychological stress, some jobs might not be right for someone with a low pressure threshold. A new CareerCast report ranks the most and least stressful jobs of 2018 by totaling 11 different job demands, which can reasonably be expected to evoke stress, and associated point ranges for each stressor. Those include:

· Travel, 0-10
· Growth potential (income divided by 100)
· Physical demands (stoop, climb, etc.), 0-14
· Conditions, 0-13
· Hazards encountered, 0-5
· Meeting the public, 0-8
· Competitiveness, 0-15
· Risk of death, 0-8
· Life of another at risk, 0-10
· Deadlines, 0-9
· Working in the public-eye, 0-5

Nick Otto
Former senior editor

Nick Otto is a former senior editor of Employee Benefit News and Employee Benefit Adviser.


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