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The 34 deadliest jobs in America Feb 1, 2020
The Bureau of Labor Statistics documented how many people died on the job in 2018 for the equivalent of every 100,000 people who held that job.
To find the most dangerous jobs in America, we identified the jobs from the Bureau's list with the highest fatal injury rate. Each of these jobs has a fatal injury rate above the national average for all workers of 3.5 per 100,000 full-time workers.
Overall, the greatest number of fatal work injuries resulted from transportation incidents. Violence or other injuries by persons or animals; falls, slips, and trips; and contact with objects and equipment were other leading causes of workplace deaths.
Here are the 34 deadliest jobs in America, along with their 2018 fatality rates per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers, and a description of what workers in these jobs do from the Department of Labor's O*NET careers database or the Bureau's Occupational Outlook Handbook.
Fatal injury rate (per 100,000 workers) is indicated after each occupation
34. Painters, construction and maintenance – 5.3
33. Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters – 5.6
32. Hand laborers and freight, stock, and material movers – 5.8
31. Automotive service technicians and mechanics – 6.1
30. Welding, soldering, and brazing workers- 6.2
29. Security guards and gaming surveillance officers – 6.4
28. Emergency medical technicians and paramedics - 6.5
27. Carpenters – 6.6
26. Taxi drivers and chauffeurs – 6.7
25. Industrial truck and tractor operators – 6.8
24. Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers – 7.6
23. Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers - 8.5
22. Electricians 8.8
21. Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists 9.5
20. Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators -10.6
19. Mining machine operators – 11.0
18. General maintenance and repair workers -12.5
17. Construction laborers – 13.0
16. Police and sheriff's patrol officers – 13.7
15. First-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers – 15.1
14. Construction trade helpers -15.8
13. Miscellaneous agricultural workers – 18.0
12. Grounds maintenance workers – 18.6
11. Electrical power-line installers and repairers – 19.3
10. First-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and grounds keeping workers – 20.2
9. First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers – 21.0
8. Structural iron and steel workers -23.6
7. Farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers -24.7
6. Driver/sales workers and truck drivers – 26.0
5. Refuse and recyclable material collectors – 44.3
4. Roofers – 51.5
3. Aircraft pilots and flight engineers - 58.9
2. Fishers and related fishing workers – 77.4
1. Logging workers – 97.6
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