One of the most important aspects of the lives of every American citizen is their employment. In 2016, the unemployment rate in the United States has dropped to 4.9 percent. Good news: hard working individuals are still keeping the nation alive and strong.
But what happens when a career that keeps the nation alive also put American lives at risk? A new data has classified the three most dangerous jobs that citizens occupy in 2016.
No. 1: Construction Worker ($36,550)
An article recently published by Business Insider has put construction laborers at the highest risk. These people operate heavy machinery, erect and climb the scaffolding, dig underground tunnels and handle a wide variety of hardware tools. Since 2014, one out of five construction workers dies from grave work-related injuries.
No. 2: Corrections Officer ($45,320)
One of the biggest risks that jail guards and wardens have to face is the possibility of being attacked by inmates. According to statistics, corrections officers are 36 times more likely to suffer injuries than an average American office worker. Psychological stress even contributes to fatalities when prison sentries drop their guard.
No. 3: Emergency Medical Technician ($35,430)
Being the first responders to community-wide disasters, EMT's are putting themselves at risk to a number of potential environmental hazards. In a report published by CBS News in the middle of the year, a 2013 study pointed out that paramedics are three times more likely to suffer serious injuries than every American laborer.
Whoever guessed soldiers on the front lines of ISIS-infested territories may understandably find this data shocking either. Combatants do not even fit in the top ten most dangerous careers. But on the bright side, a theoretical projection presented by Jobs & Hire has classified two of these three jobs as the most likely careers to be delegated to robots in the distant future.
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