{"id":6517,"date":"2012-04-11T16:54:23","date_gmt":"2012-04-11T22:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/?p=6517"},"modified":"2012-04-12T08:28:59","modified_gmt":"2012-04-12T14:28:59","slug":"dairy-farmers-lumberjacks-make-worst-jobs-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/2012\/04\/11\/dairy-farmers-lumberjacks-make-worst-jobs-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Dairy Farmers & Lumberjacks Make Worst Jobs List"},"content":{"rendered":"
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David Paul Morris \/ Getty Images<\/p>

California dairy farmer Pete Lepori with his Jersey cows.<\/p><\/div>\n

The online job search site CareerCast has released its list of best and worst jobs for 2012<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Topping the worst list<\/a> are two professions with a history in Idaho: dairy farmers and lumberjacks.<\/p>\n

CareerCast ranked 200 jobs based on these factors: work environment, income, outlook, stress and physical demands.<\/p>\n

Report publisher Tony Lee tells CNBC<\/a> dairy farmers weren’t part of the 10 worst jobs last year.<\/p>\n

“First, it\u2019s a low-paying job. Second, it\u2019s very dangerous working with large animals such as cows. ‘Moving the animals,\u00a0[farmers] could get their feet crushed,’ Lee explained. ‘And there are more fatalities in dairy farming than ever before.’<\/p>\n

Plus, the working conditions are tough \u2014 not only the obvious manure issue (though talk to a dairy farmer and he\u2019ll tell you he doesn\u2019t even smell it anymore) but also the fact that you have to get out there whether it\u2019s 10 degrees or 100 degrees.<\/p>\n

And the job outlook is tough: Dairy farming is increasingly becoming a corporate business, which is squeezing the little guys, Lee said.” – CNBC.com<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There were 569 dairies in the state<\/a> in 2011, according to the Idaho Dairymen’s Association.\u00a0 That’s a drop from 800 dairies in 2008.\u00a0 The latest in-depth study on Idaho’s dairy industry, from 2008, shows almost 11,000 people worked on dairy farms<\/a>.<\/p>\n

While dairy farmers have the second worst job, according to CareerCast, lumberjacks<\/del> top the list.<\/p>\n

Here’s more from CNBC:<\/p>\n

“Lumberjack has always been one of the worst jobs \u2014 like dairy farmers, you\u2019re working outside whatever the weather, in dangerous conditions, with low pay in an industry that took a huge hit during the recession (hello housing bust) and is increasingly being automated.<\/p>\n

That being said, you\u2019ll find a lot of lumberjacks who say they do it for their love of the outdoors and that they take great pride in their work.” – CNBC.com<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Idaho’s Division of Financial Management reports the lumber and wood products industry<\/a> employed about 10,000 people at its peak in 2006.\u00a0 By 2010, fewer than 6,000 Idahoans were employed in the sector.\u00a0 DFM forecasts industry jobs<\/a> will continue to grow as the housing market turns around, but <\/del>the division predicts there will still be fewer than 9,000 wood products jobs in Idaho in 2015.<\/p>\n

Other jobs in CareerCast’s worst list include: broadcast reporter, newspaper reporter, waiter, enlisted soldier and dishwasher.\u00a0 What’s the best job for 2012<\/a>?\u00a0 According to CareerCast it’s a software engineer.<\/p>\n

You can find the full rankings, from best to worst, here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Where is your job on the list? How would you rank your job?<\/p>\n

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