The 10 Deadliest Jobs In America
Plenty of jobs come with risks, but most aren’t inherently deadly. Not in 2021, anyway. So many of the jobs available now involve sitting in front of a computer. That might kill you slowly, but it’s unlikely that a laptop will ever crush your body. Just your soul.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics examines which civilian occupation has the most annual fatal work injuries per capita. According to the most recent data, commercial fishing workers have the highest death rate of any other profession. They don’t call the show “Deadliest Catch” for nothing.
Logging is second on the deadliest jobs list, but it’s a distant second. Life on a boat really is no joke. The rest of the list is below and “per capita” equates to fatal injuries per 100,000 workers in all instances.
- Fishing workers: Annual deaths per capita: 145.0
- Logging workers: Annual deaths per capita: 68.9
- Aircraft pilots and engineers: Annual deaths per capita: 61.8
- Roofers: Annual deaths per capita: 54.0
- Construction workers: Annual deaths per capita: 40.0
- Garbage and recyclable collectors: Annual deaths per capita: 35.2
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers: Annual deaths per capita: 26.8
- Structural iron and steel workers: Annual deaths per capita: 26.3
- Farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural mgrs: Annual deaths per capita: 23.2
- Ground maintenance workers: Annual deaths per capita: 19.8
