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The Most Deadliest Job(s) in the USA

#1 WORKING ON CELL PHONE TOWERS!
Those who construct, upgrade, and repair cell phone towers. 183.6 deaths per 100,000 workers: Five tower workers died during one 12-day span earlier this year alone. 18 tower workers died on the job in 2006. The cause for the increase in tower worker deaths?.. a combination of poor workplace safety and network operators pushing to build out and upgrade their networks too quickly.

OK - so now the others? ...according to a 2006 report (guess it takes a bit to crunch the #'s)

Fishers and related fishing workers
Average salary: $19,104

Aircraft pilots and flight engineers
Average salary: $129,250

Logging workers
Average salary: $22,320

Structural iron and steel workers
Average salary: $39,168

Refuse and recyclable material collectors
Average salary: $23,770

Farmers and ranchers
Average salary: $15,603

Electrical power-line installers and repairers
Average salary: $45,331

Roofers
Average salary: $28,474

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers
Average salary: $30,931 (for heavy or tractor-trailer drivers)

Miscellaneous agricultural workers
Average salary: $24,140

By CatGirl on Jul 8, 2008, 19:27 in Off Topic.

CatGirl says on Jul 8, 2008, 19:35:

(According to the BLS, BTW)

So much for supply and demand...they seem to care more about delivering the product.

The reason I thought I'd share this info was when I noted the types of jobs listed. Hmmm
Not sure about you and your area, but the majority of these jobs listed are many times held by illegal residents or people struggling to gain residency in the US....gives you an idea of how important it is to them and/or they are taken advantage of (because they can).....not much pay for putting your life on the line. I was suprised they didn't list the CHP or Law Enforcement.

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Monpirri says on Jul 8, 2008, 20:31:

How about those guys who clean windows up in the 1,000th floor?

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CatGirl says on Jul 8, 2008, 21:27:

Good question! jaja...maybe they have better treatment and workplace safety. Dunno

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webmanco says on Jul 10, 2008, 07:56:

Thanks for the info

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kalder says on Jul 10, 2008, 08:25:

Very interesting. Compared to the UK, the salaries seem very low (except for the pilots). I wonder how much the difference is offset by the comparative cost of living.

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Tinto (Moderator) says on Jul 10, 2008, 10:14:

Those must be some really broad categories. The Farmer and Rancher salaries are way too low and probably the garbage collectors, too. I think Fishermen do OK and even some of the crew members (if "Deadliest Catch" is accurate) but the average is probably reduced by the assembly line workers who de-gut the little fishies.

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guacharaca says on Jul 10, 2008, 18:06:

What about the crabbers up at the north-west tip of Alaska? That show on TV looks pretty convincing.

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MaFe says on Jul 10, 2008, 18:28:

Interesting..

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CatGirl says on Jul 10, 2008, 22:04:

Tinto: Those must be some really broad categories

Yes,I agree - always that way when they post salaries that represent the Nation. It amazes me how low some can look. Depends on the State you are from.

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kalder says on Jul 11, 2008, 00:33:

They must be pegged too low. If you doubled them, you'd reach a figure closer to the British equivalent. That can't be true, surely?

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CatGirl says on Jul 11, 2008, 08:25:

Kalder - Has been a long time since I have been there and I have not kept up with the comaprisons. But I do recall when I was there, the cost of living to be substantially higher in the UK (almost double) and the income to be higher too. The only difference was "what" job type paid a higher salary.

At the time I was there I was going to college and working part time at a hospital and as a DJ/newscaster. I recall I would have made more money in the UK as a Radio DJ than working in the medical field. In addition to my voice type and my American accent would be cosidered quite the selling point. Totally the opposite in the US at that time in regards to these professions.

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kalder says on Jul 13, 2008, 02:22:

That all makes sense CG.

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dwmte7 says on Jul 14, 2008, 05:06:

what about panhandlers? joking aside. how do french, american, british and german panhandlers fare. any figures on that.

i've seen on numerous occassions on tv here in the states that ny panhandlers do quite well, all things considered.

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