Study reveals mathematicians have the best job

According to the study, released by CareerCast.com, mathematicians have thebest job in America. The analysis used five criteria: environment, income, employmentoutlook, physical demands and stress. The 200 different positions received ascore in each area, so activities that require more physical effort and havefewer employment outlooks were ranked with a lower score.

The ten best jobs are:

 1.- Mathematician
 2.- actuary
 3.- statistician
 4.- biologist
 5.- software eengineer
 6.- computer systems analyst
 7.- historian
 8.- sociologist
 9.- industrial designer
10.- accountant

To see the full ranking of all 200 jobs, as wellas a description of the methodology, go to www.CareerCast.com orwww.JobsRated.com.

Posted on Jan 12, 2009 in News