Top 10 Most stressful jobs - UK vs US

We're collecting information to support our Stress Management workshop on the 24th April in Birmingham.

 

The topic is fascinating because there is so much variety in the way stress is perceived and defined.  Many believe that a little bit of stress is good for performance, while too much is bad for your work and your health.

 

The lists below raise interesting questions about how differently stress is perceived.  There's a lot of overlap in these lists, and it's obvious that where your own, or other lives are on the line, that job is stressful.  But there are key differences that reveal a big gap in the way stress is perceived.

 

The UK list contains lots of frontline public sector jobs.  Does this say something about how we in the UK organise public services?  Are teaching, nursing and social care "easier" in the US?  That seems unlikely. The US list has more jobs that for convenience I'll call "exciting" jobs, ie General, PR, Photojournalist, does this indicate that stress is perceived as a natural part of a high status job?

 

 

 See also Work-related Stress Management Resources

 

 

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