High-Pressure Jobs

1. 1Medical Dosimetrists

   $147,470 · Bachelor's degree

2. 2Freight Forwarders

   $52,260 (broader group) · High school

3. 3Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

   $43,960 · High school

4. 4Postmasters and Mail Superintendents

   $96,660 · High school

5. 5Prepress Technicians and Workers

   $48,690 · Training or associate

6. 6Driver/Sales Workers

   $38,770 · High school

7. 7Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

   $47,720 · High school

8. 8Physicians, Pathologists

   $312,400 · Graduate degree

9. 9Media Technical Directors/Managers

   $90,360 (broader group) · Bachelor's degree

10. 10Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys

    $47,340 · Bachelor's degree

11. 11Customs Brokers

    $80,730 (broader group) · Training or associate

12. 12Floral Designers

    $37,360 · High school

13. 13Dental Laboratory Technicians

    $49,610 · High school

14. 14Printing Press Operators

    $45,780 · High school

15. 15Roof Bolters, Mining

    $78,540 · High school

16. 16Anesthesiologists

    $391,490 · Graduate degree

17. 17Urologists

    $265,930 (broader group) · Graduate degree

18. 18Art Directors

    $114,850 · Bachelor's degree

19. 19Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers

    $58,650 · High school

20. 20Chefs and Head Cooks

    $62,470 · Training or associate

21. 21Medical Equipment Preparers

    $47,700 · High school

22. 22Embalmers

    $58,780 · Training or associate

23. 23Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates

    $153,990 · Graduate degree

24. 24Family Medicine Physicians

    $244,180 · Graduate degree

25. 25Advertising Sales Agents

    $64,820 · Training or associate

26. 26Couriers and Messengers

    $39,200 · High school

27. 27Film and Video Editors

    $75,420 · Bachelor's degree

28. 28Occupational Therapy Assistants

    $72,300 · Training or associate

29. 29Proofreaders and Copy Markers

    $51,120 · Bachelor's degree

30. 30Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators

    $58,470 · High school

31. 31Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors

    $58,170 · High school

32. 32Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

    $48,990 · High school

33. 33Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons

    $61,290 · High school

34. 34Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks

    $50,080 · High school

35. 35Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes

    $82,890 · Bachelor's degree

36. 36Graphic Designers

    $62,960 · Bachelor's degree

37. 37Roofers

    $55,440 · High school

38. 38Semiconductor Processing Technicians

    $51,430 · High school

39. 39Helpers--Production Workers

    $39,070 · High school

40. 40First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers

    $87,520 · Bachelor's degree

41. 41Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic

    $63,870 · High school

42. 42Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers

    $52,540 · Training or associate

43. 43Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

    $51,610 · High school

44. 44Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric

    $300,080 · Graduate degree

45. 45Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners

    $72,420 · Training or associate

46. 46Brokerage Clerks

    $65,750 · Training or associate

47. 47Riggers

    $62,640 · High school

48. 48Painters, Construction and Maintenance

    $49,400 · High school

49. 49Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

    $48,750 · High school

50. 50Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants

    $35,670 · High school

How this list is made: Ranked by the most time pressure compared with all U.S. careers (O*NET 31.0 Work Context). Pay: BLS OEWS May 2025 national median.

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