Best and Worst Careers

Careercast.com released their 2013 ranking of 200 jobs based on a measure composed of weighted factors of work environment, income, hiring outlook and stress.

Top Ten (Income, environment, Stress, Hiring Outlook):
1. Actuary ($91,211, 44, 16, 29.11)
2. Biomedical Engineer
3. Software Engineer ($89,147, 49, 12, 17.67)
4. Audiologist
5. Financial Planner
6. Dental Hygienist
7. Occupational Therapist
8. Optometrist
9. Physical Therapist
10. Computer Systems Analyst ($79,145, 45, 16, 20.45)

Other ranked (some are surprising):
No. 14: University Professor ($64,343, 44, 6.450, 16.43)
No. 18: Mathematician
No. 20: Statistician ($74,200, 44, 14, 14)
No. 24: Web Developer ($78,191, 49, 22, 19.91)
No. 25: Historian
No. 29: Meteorologist
No. 38: Computer Programmer ($73,176, 47, 11, 10.76)
No. 45: Physician (General Practice)
No. 79: Judge
No. 117: Attorney
No. 125: Chemist
No. 148: Artist
No. 156: Author
No. 172: Photographer
No. 180: Military General
No. 188: Photojournalist
No. 192: Roofer
No. 193: Mail Carrier
No. 197: Actor
No. 198: Enlisted Military Personnel
No. 199: Lumberjack
No. 200: Reporter (Newspaper)