Do the most banal tasks keep you awake at night? Do high-pressure situations make your brain shut down? Does stress actually make you physically sick? If the answer is yes, then these jobs — compiled in a list by Business Insider — are positively not for you.
Do you crack under pressure? Crumble when you're stressed?
If so, you'd be better off pursuing a career in science or education than you would in healthcare or law enforcement.
Using data from the BLS and O*NET OnLine, career information expert Laurence Shatkin, PhD, helped Business Insider rank the 767 occupations identified by the US Department of Labor by "stress tolerance."
The "stress tolerance" for each job is a rating on a scale from zero to 100, where a lower rating signals less stress. It measures how frequently workers must accept criticism and deal effectively with high stress on the job.
Here are 27 jobs that earned a stress tolerance rating of 93 or higher. If you're the type of person who thrives under pressure or can stay cool, calm, and collected in high-stress situations, these jobs may be perfect for you. If you're the crack-or-crumble type, you may want to avoid them:
Stress tolerance: 98.5
Average annual salary (2014): $39,410
Stress tolerance: 98.2
Average annual salary (2014): $158,900
Stress tolerance: 98.2
Average annual salary (2014): $39,350
Stress tolerance: 97.0
Average annual salary (2014): N/A
Stress tolerance: 96.5
Average annual salary (2014): $214,750
Stress tolerance: 96.2
Average annual salary (2014): $240,440
Stress tolerance: 95.2
Average annual salary (2014): $131,760
Stress tolerance: 95.0
Average annual salary (2014): $53,590
Stress tolerance: 95.0
Average annual salary (2014): $31,890
Stress tolerance: 94.7
Average annual salary (2014): $84,380
Stress tolerance: 94.2
Average annual salary (2014): $52,190
Stress tolerance: 94.2
Average annual salary (2014): $43,990
Stress tolerance: 94.0
Average annual salary (2014): $84,260
Stress tolerance: 94.0
Average annual salary (2014): $29,410
Stress tolerance: 94.0
Average annual salary (2014): $190,530
Stress tolerance: 94.0
Average annual salary (2014): $53,360
Stress tolerance: 93.8
Average annual salary (2014): $180,700
Stress tolerance: 93.5
Average annual salary (2014): $50,270
Stress tolerance: 93.5
Average annual salary (2014): $43,420
Stress tolerance: 93.5
Average annual salary (2014): $219,600
Stress tolerance: 93.3
Average annual salary (2014): $46,180
Stress tolerance: 93.3
Average annual salary (2014): $36,240
Stress tolerance: 93.3
Average annual salary (2014): $81,080
Stress tolerance: 93.3
Average annual salary (2014): $97,700
Stress tolerance: 93.3
Average annual salary (2014): $28,430
Stress tolerance: 93.3
Average annual salary (2014): $58,490
Stress tolerance: 93.3
Average annual salary (2014): $33,400
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