Posted: 12/29/2007 8:56:27 AM EDT
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Most perilous jobs According to the BLS, the following jobs had the highest fatality rates for 2006: Fishers and related fishing workers Fatality rate (per 100,000 workers): 141.7 Number of fatalities: 51 Average salary: $19,104 Aircraft pilots and flight engineers Fatality rate (per 100,000 workers): 87.8 Number of fatalities: 101 Average salary: $129,250 Logging workers Fatality rate (per 100,000 workers): 82.1 Number of fatalities: 64 Average salary: $22,320 Structural iron and steel workers Fatality rate (per 100,000 workers): 61.0 Number of fatalities: 36 Average salary: $39,168 Refuse and recyclable material collectors Fatality rate (per 100,000 workers): 41.8 Number of fatalities: 38 Average salary: $23,770 Farmers and ranchers Fatality rate (per 100,000 workers): 37.1 Number of fatalities: 291 Average salary: $15,603 Electrical power-line installers and repairers Fatality rate (per 100,000 workers): 34.9 Number of fatalities: 38 Average salary: $45,331 Roofers Fatality rate (per 100,000 workers): 33.9 Number of fatalities: 82 Average salary: $28,474 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers Fatality rate (per 100,000 workers): 27.1 Number of fatalities: 940 Average salary: $30,931 (for heavy or tractor-trailer drivers) Miscellaneous agricultural workers Fatality rate (per 100,000 workers): 21.7 Number of fatalities: 158 Average salary: $24,140 IBTCH |