BENGALURU: It’s a fact the some jobs are more damaging to your health than the others. Reasons are many; it could be due to the environment surrounding your job or the nature of work. Even the desk jobs, which are supposed to be harmless, are affecting us due to its stressful environment and sedentary nature of many modern-day office gigs.

Some jobs intrinsically bear more risks to health than the rest. For instance, job of a chemical plant operator or nurse is more dangerous and less healthy than the work of a college professor or music director.

Based on data from the Occupational Information Network, a US Department of Labor database full of detailed information on occupations, Business Insider has ranked the least unhealthy jobs in America.

Business Insider has taken O*NET measures of six health risks in each of the 974 occupations in its database: exposure to contaminants; exposure to disease and infection; exposure to hazardous conditions; exposure to radiation; risk of minor burns, cuts, bites, and stings; and time spent sitting, O*NET scores these factors on a scale from 0 to 100, with a lower score indicating a smaller health risk.

Securities and commodities sales agents

·         Overall unhealthiness score: 13.3

·         What they do: Buy and sell securities in investment and trading firms.

·         Health risks:

Spend time sitting: 80

Exposure to radiation: 0

Exposure to minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings: 0

Exposure to hazardous conditions: 0

Exposure to disease and infections: 0

Exposure to contaminants: 0

Postsecondary history teachers

·         Overall unhealthiness score: 13.2

·         What they do: Teach college history courses

·         Health risks:

Spend time sitting: 57

Exposure to radiation: 0

Exposure to minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings: 1

Exposure to hazardous conditions: 0

Exposure to disease and infections: 15

Exposure to contaminants: 6

Training and development specialists

·         Overall unhealthiness score: 13.0

·         What they do: Design and conduct training and development programs to improve performance.

·         Health risks:

Spend time sitting: 63

Exposure to radiation: 2

Exposure to minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings: 3

Exposure to hazardous conditions: 2

Exposure to disease and infections: 2

Exposure to contaminants: 6

Massage therapists

·         Overall unhealthiness score: 12.8

·         What they do: Perform therapeutic massages.

·         Health risks:

Spend time sitting: 26

Exposure to radiation: 1

Exposure to minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings: 8

Exposure to hazardous conditions: 0

Exposure to disease and infections: 35

Exposure to contaminants: 7

Actor

·         Overall unhealthiness score: 12.7

·         What they do: Play characters in stage, TV, movie, or other forms of entertainment.

·         Health risks:

Spend time sitting: 35

Exposure to radiation: 0

Exposure to minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings: 10

Exposure to hazardous conditions: 8

Exposure to disease and infections: 1

Exposure to contaminants: 22

Postsecondary philosophy and religion teachers

·         Overall unhealthiness score: 12.7

·         What they do: Teach courses in philosophy, religion, and theology.

·         Health risks:

Spend time sitting: 54

Exposure to radiation: 0

Exposure to minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings: 2

Exposure to hazardous conditions: 0

Exposure to disease and infections: 13

Exposure to contaminants: 7

Gaming change persons and booth cashiers

·         Overall unhealthiness score: 12.0

·         What they do: Exchange chips for money at casinos.

·         Health risks:

Spend time sitting: 19

Exposure to radiation: 0

Exposure to minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings: 7

Exposure to hazardous conditions: 2

Exposure to disease and infections: 14

Exposure to contaminants: 30

Choreographers

·         Overall unhealthiness score: 10.8

·         What they do: Create and rehearse dance routines.

·         Health risks:

Spend time sitting: 16

Exposure to radiation: 0

Exposure to minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings: 8

Exposure to hazardous conditions: 11

Exposure to disease and infections: 7

Exposure to contaminants: 23

Door-to-door sales workers, news and street vendors, and related workers

·         Overall unhealthiness score: 10.8

·         What they do: Sell goods or services door-to-door or on the street.

·         Health risks:

Spend time sitting: 51

Exposure to radiation: 0

Exposure to minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings: 3

Exposure to hazardous conditions: 0

Exposure to disease and infections: 5

Exposure to contaminants: 6

Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors

·         Overall unhealthiness score: 9.7

·         What they do: Instruct or coach groups or individuals in exercise activities.

·         Health risks:

Spend time sitting: 15

Exposure to radiation: 0

Exposure to minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings: 7

Exposure to hazardous conditions: 1

Exposure to disease and infections: 22

Exposure to contaminants: 13

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