{"id":6499,"date":"2012-05-11T10:54:35","date_gmt":"2012-05-11T15:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/?p=6499"},"modified":"2012-05-11T11:14:04","modified_gmt":"2012-05-11T16:14:04","slug":"the-10-best-and-worst-jobs-in-oklahoma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/2012\/05\/11\/the-10-best-and-worst-jobs-in-oklahoma\/","title":{"rendered":"The 10 Best and Worst Jobs in Oklahoma"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Engineers at work on a drilling platform of a shale fracking operation.<\/p>\n<\/div>

The energy industry has been good to Oklahoma \u2014 especially for engineers.<\/p>

For the men and women who work on oil rigs? Not so much.<\/p>

Petroleum engineers have the best job in Oklahoma, according to a report<\/a> by CareerCast. The online jobs database ranked career paths through several measures<\/a>, including income, employment outlook, stress, physical demands and working environment.<\/p>

Oklahoma\u2019s expanding oil and gas sector is hiring a lot of petroleum engineers, jobs with high pay and ideal working conditions, according to the report.<\/p>

The No. 1 worst job? Newspaper reporters.<\/p>

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The oil and gas industry is tied to a lot of the best Oklahoma jobs, including civil engineers and geologists, but medical professions \u2014 physicians, pharmacists and nurses \u2014 occupy a lot of top spots<\/a>.<\/p>

The No. 2 best job, according to CareerCast: software engineer.<\/p>\n

\u201cOpportunities for Computer Software Engineers are growing two to three times faster than the overall economy in Oklahoma,\u201d Lynn Gray, Chief Economist for the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission tells CareerCast.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

10 Best Jobs in Oklahoma<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Rank<\/th>\nJob<\/th>\nAnnual Mean Wage<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nPetroleum Engineer<\/td>\n$114,148<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nSoftware Engineer<\/td>\n$88,142<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nHuman Resources Manager<\/td>\n$99,102<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nCivil Engineer<\/td>\n$78,133<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nPhysician<\/td>\n$205,029<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nVeterinarian<\/td>\n$82,190<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nMarket Research Analyst<\/td>\n$61,236<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nPharmacist<\/td>\n$112,070<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nGeologist<\/td>\n$83,266<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nRegistered Nurse<\/td>\n$65,116<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>

Source: CareerCast<\/em><\/cite>
\nThe information industry is the only sector that hasn\u2019t grown in Oklahoma, Gray tells CareerCast. Newspaper reporter is the worst job in Oklahoma; Broadcaster is No. 5 according to the report.<\/p>

On the other end of the energy employment spectrum is oil rig worker, a dangerous job that comes with long hours, harsh working conditions and low pay. Oklahoma is a big military state<\/a>, but enlisted soldier is the No. 2 worst job here, CareerCast reports.<\/p>\n

10 Worst Jobs in Oklahoma<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Rank<\/th>\nJob<\/th>\nAnnual Mean Wage<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nNewspaper Reporter<\/td>\n$35,275<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nEnlisted Military Soldier<\/td>\n$36,261<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nDrill Press Operator<\/td>\n$32,129<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nMail Carrier<\/td>\n$54,047<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nBroadcaster<\/td>\n$27,324<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nShipping-Receiving Clerk<\/td>\n$28,132<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nDressmaker\/Tailor<\/td>\n$27,133<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nFarmer<\/td>\n$61,269<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nMaid<\/td>\n$19,088<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nOil Rig Worker<\/td>\n$32,132<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>

Source: CareerCast<\/em><\/cite>
\nLook at the list of the best jobs in Oklahoma and you\u2019ll see one unifying trend: They all require a high level of education.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The energy industry has been good to Oklahoma \u2014 especially for engineers.For the men and women who work on oil rigs? Not so much.Petroleum engineers have the best job in Oklahoma, according to a report by CareerCast. The online jobs database ranked career paths through several measures, including income, employment outlook, stress, physical demands and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":6502,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[300],"tags":[367],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6499"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6499\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}