Least suicidal professions

[tonykp]

I just read a forum thread about the most suicidal jobs, in the sense which jobs tend to end up high on the lists of suicide victims.
Police officers, soldiers, doctors, nurses, prostitutes, financial service workers.

I wonder what jobs are at the another end of the scale. Any guess?

My guesses are garden designer, astronomer, museums curator... Can you name any jobs that are even less stressful?

 

[jodes2]

DJing once you have enough work

 

[Zaljko]

Librarian - but good luck getting a job in that field.

I got a masters in library and information science from the 3rd best library school in the country with a 3.889 GPA and can't even get job interviews, so now I have a job where I deal with people all the time and it stresses me out to the the point where I basically have constant suicidal ideation (it's a comfort because it's the only control I have over this shitty, absolutely awful career that I ended up in).

 

[never mind me]

I don't really know. And you also have to take into acoount that it might not be the stress level of a job that makes the difference, but some jobs having higher suicide rates can also be due to stuff like availability of means for suicide (like certain medications for doctors and nurses, guns for soldiers), self selection of people for certain jobs (for example people who suffered sexual abuse are more likely to work as prostitutes than people who didn't while being a victim of sexual abuse makes it also more likely to become mentally ill later in life which in turn can be a reason to commit suicide).

 

[Rounded Apathy]

Doesn't it depend on the person? You could hate a job I love, and vice versa. Whatever promotes well-being for a given individual would be protective. Neutral work probably has little effect.

Librarian - but good luck getting a job in that field.

I got a masters in library and information science from the 3rd best library school in the country with a 3.889 GPA and can't even get job interviews

Oh man...this is a vocation I think I'd really enjoy and do well in, so this is sad to read. Would relocation be a worthwile strategy, or have you already tried/considered it?

 

[goodnighttime]

Engineering maybe? School is tough but the jobs from what I've seen are very comfortable. Aside from that, probably careers that have the highest satisfaction rate too

 

[theboy]

marketing
audiovisual communicator
film director
orchestra conductor

 

[Zaljko]

Hey - yeah I had applied all around the country but after hundreds of applications and getting nowhere I had to re-assess and ended up just getting a different degree and going in another direction (which I hate).

So now I hate every day of my job which of course doesn't exactly help my SI. But then again if you're not good at math and science forget having a job that you like or where you can avoid dealing with people ….

 

[hopelessdreams]

teacher (if you like working with kids)

 

[Grav]

Librarian - but good luck getting a job in that field.

That sucks you are going through that. I had heard about that when I got my history degree (one of the jobs they say "you can get" with it).

Least suicidal jobs, Rounded Apathy has it: one that you actually like to do and find fulfilling. I don't think IT is it, sure there's lots of $$ to be made but you pay a price for it.