25 Surprising Things You Should Know About Common Jobs

Turns out there’s nothing ordinary about ordinary jobs.
25 Surprising Things You Should Know About Common Jobs

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We tend to think of common jobs as boring, and, well, commonplace. But it turns out there are a ton of fascinating, surprising details that nobody ever talks about.

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More Protective Services than Workers 40% of have a weight problem. According to research, these are the jobs with the HIGHEST OBESITY RATES. JAILER C
In the 2011-2012 school year, 10% of U.S. elementary teachers had been threatened, and 8% had been physically attacked by a student. CRACKEDCOMI
CRACKED TRUCK DRIVERS can cover over 125,000 miles per year. That is more than 3 million miles over the average trucker's career. There are about 5 mi
818 Flight attendants are trained by people from the army, navy and fire department!
LOVE ANIMALS? THINKING OF BECOMING A VETERINARIAN OR VET TECH? Hope you like needles! The Centers For Disease Control recommends a three-injection 'p
Male managers have a 40% higherchanceof gettingpromoted than femalemanagers. Men are more likely to be promoted into senior and higher paying manageme
WORKING IN AN AUTO PARTS STORE IS MORE DANGEROUS THAN YOU THOUGHT. 0B 3 Between 2003 and 2008, 8.4% OF ALL WORKPLACE HOMICIDES occurred in auto and pa
77.9% OF SOFTWARE disp DEVELOPERS ARE disp MARRIED. val disn Even though their median age is just 36 years old. CRACKED COM
48% UBER drivers have of american degree college advanced a or CRACKEDCON
Women doctors earn around 79 cents for every dollar made by a male counterpart. Representing 40% of the physician and surgeon population in the US, on
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, solar photovoltaic installers are the fastest growing occupation. By 2026, the number of workers in that
GRACKEDCOM OF COURSE. ROAD ACCIDENTS POSE THE GREATEST DANGER... ..BUT 5208 SLIPPING AND FALLING ACCOUNT FOR 20% OF ALL ON-THE-JOB INJURIES FOR BUS DR
Wondering what'se a popular profession criminals want to have after coming out of prison? TEACHING. In the UK, over 16,000 criminals including pedophi

Teenage Employees

CRACKEDcO COM M fice Pm Less than a third of fast food workers are actually teenagers. Thirty percent are between 20-24 years old. Contrary to the ima
Successful lawyers are more likely to suffer from depression. A study from the University of Toronto found a strong connection between markers of succ
Male cosmetologists and barbers pretty much only marry other cosmetologists and barbers. BEST Baha Sins 74% of male married personal appearance worker
CRACKED Jobs related to creative arts have contributed over $704.2 billion to the US economy in 2013, an increase of over 30% since 1998.
Bartenders have the second highest divorce rate of any occupation. Their divorce rate is 38.4%, over twice the average of 16%- it puts them second onl
Law is the least diverse profession in the US. 87% of lawyers, judges and other judicial officials are white and 60% Of them are male.
Want a ajob with very little risk of dying on the job? Become a police officer. In 2013, there were only about 10.8 deaths of police officers out of 1
CRACKED COM There are over 500,000 underaged (under 18 years old) workers in the US farming industry, which makes them the majority (70%) of working c
Less than 15% of all NURSES in the U.S. are MEN. Yet male nurses still EARN MORE than their female counterparts.
WORK BEST ALONE? The number-one job quire requiring the least amount of interaction equ with other people is $tpl COMPUTER echo INTE PROGRAMMING die(
CRACKEDCOR Comedians seek mental health care at nearly twice the rate of the rest of the population. About 48% of people polled had been under the car
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