Pay Per Year: $37.2 K

Death Rate: 3.19 per 100,000 workers

Why It’s So Dangerous: Okay, it's not THAT dangerous. We're guessing a combo of robberies and being in charge of

places being robbed has led to it being on this list. 

Pay Per Year: $54.7 K

Death Rate: 3.5 per 100,000 workers

Why It’s So Dangerous: You spend your day in a factory, among all types of loud, buzzing, shiny, and,

most importantly, SHARP equipment. 

Pay Per Year: $84.4 K

Death Rate: 3.9 per 100,000 workers

Why It’s So Dangerous: Much like factory work, there is sharp, deadly equipment involved on a day to day

basis.

Pay Per Year: $53.2 K

Death Rate: 3.92 per 100,000 workers

Why It’s So Dangerous: You are constantly entering vacant areas or dealing with tenants that have a possibility of

being deranged or dangerous in some way. 

Pay Per Year: $36.7 K

Death Rate: 4.45 per 100,000 workers

Why It’s So Dangerous: Working with any type of heavy machinery can lead to injuries both minor and not-so-minor. Like,

emergency room not minor. 

Pay Per Year: $40.5 K

Death Rate: 5.93 per 100,000 workers

Why It’s So Dangerous: Once again, this kind of work involves heavy machinery that can lead to injury and

death if you are not careful.

Pay Per Year: $30.7 K

Death Rate: 6.37 per 100,000 workers

Why It’s So Dangerous: Any time that something goes wrong with the working of, or transportation, of equipment, workers

are putting their lives at risk. 

Pay Per Year: $43.9 K

Death Rate: 6.39 per 100,000 workers

Why It’s So Dangerous: The environment plays a big part in the safety of this job. One poorly laid

pipe could lead to a fall that kills you. 

Pay Per Year: $48.5 K

Death Rate: 6.4 per 100,000 workers

Why It’s So Dangerous: Poor work conditions, faulty equipment, and dangerous tools all play a part in this job

being incredibly dangerous. 

Pay Per Year: $24 K

Death Rate: 7.01 per 100,000 workers

Why It’s So Dangerous: Depending on what is being transported, heavy machinery could be a leading cause for on-site deaths. 

Pay Per Year: $61.2 K

Death Rate: 7.28 per 100,000 workers

Why It’s So Dangerous: Homicide gets a surprising amount of play in the fatality rates of this job. Spurned

customers and unhappy employees?

Pay Per Year: $42.7 K

Death Rate: 7.47 per 100,000 workers

Why It’s So Dangerous: As with many jobs on this list, dealing with heavy equipment on a daily basis can

lead to deadly consequences.

Pay Per Year: $24.1 K

Death Rate: 7.63 per 100,000 workers

Why It’s So Dangerous: Guards have a high rate of homicide-related deaths. People break into spaces armed with threatening weapons

and they're the first line of defense. 

Pay Per Year: $35.4 K

Death Rate: 7.89 per 100,000 workers

Why It’s So Dangerous: This kind of job often requires workers to work from high places, which leads to deadly falls.

Pay Per Year: $45.6 K

Death Rate: 8.36 per 100,000 workers

Why It’s So Dangerous: Fires. Duh.

Pay Per Year: $36.4 K

Death Rate: 8.47 per 100,000 workers

Why It’s So Dangerous: These jobs require you to work around heavy machinery and in conditions that are extremely hot

and unsafe.

Pay Per Year: $52.6 K

Death Rate: 9.17 per 100,000 workers

Why It’s So Dangerous: This job requires working in unsavory conditions and often from great heights. 

Pay Per Year: $50.5 K

Death Rate: 9.75 per 100,000 workers

Why It’s So Dangerous: These workers often need to work in unsafe/unhealthy conditions and deal with heavy machinery AND have

a risk of being electrocuted.

Pay Per Year: $29.4 K, or much more if you're pro

Death Rate: 10.97 per 100,000 workers

Why It’s So Dangerous: You're constantly coming up against other players, leading to

all sorts of impact injuries.

Pay Per Year: $46.7 K

Death Rate: 11.81 per 100,000 workers

Why It’s So Dangerous: This is another job where you come across heavy, dangerous machinery and a wide range

of less-than-stellar working conditions. 

Pay Per Year: $42.5 K

Death Rate: 12.4 per 100,000 workers

Why It’s So Dangerous: Much like industrial techs, people in this field come across a lot of dangerous machinery

and conditions. 

Pay Per Year: $42.6 K

Death Rate: 14.31 per 100,000 workers

Why It’s So Dangerous: A combination of poor working locations, heavy machinery, and potential falls from high locations lead

to this work being dangerous. 

Pay Per Year: $24.4 K

Death Rate: 14.59 per 100,000 workers

Why It’s So Dangerous: Workers constantly need to watch out for malfunctioning equipment that could harm them.

Pay Per Year: $27 K

Death Rate: 15.28 per 100,000 workers

Why It’s So Dangerous: These workers are in the thick of it when it comes to construction, meaning they

could be injured in a wide variety of ways. 

Pay Per Year: $60.4 K

Death Rate: 15.48 per 100,000 workers

Why It’s So Dangerous: This job involves unsafe working conditions and dealing with unsafe, malfunctioning machinery. 

Pay Per Year: $35.6 K

Death Rate: 15.8 per 100,000 workers

Why It’s So Dangerous: These workers are in the middle of unsafe conditions and unsafe equipment on a daily

basis. 

Pay Per Year: $56.1 K

Death Rate: 15.96 per 100,000 workers

Why It’s So Dangerous: Police deal with dangerous criminals on a near daily basis.

Pay Per Year: $22.5 K

Death Rate: 17.85 per 100,000

Why It’s So Dangerous: Shockingly, taxi drivers have a high rate of homicide-related deaths. 

Pay Per Year: $30.5 K

Death Rate: 18.76 per 100,000 workers

Why It’s So Dangerous: Construction jobs involve precarious working environments and heavy machinery, which can lead to accidents. 

Pay Per Year: $18.9 K

Death Rate: 20.48 per 100,00 workers

Why It’s So Dangerous: These positions have a lot of overlap with farming, which involves heavy machinery and harsh

working conditions. 

Pay Per Year: $64.1 K

Death Rate: 22.85 per 100,000 workers

Why It’s So Dangerous: Poor weather conditions, working from a point high off the ground, and the risk of

electrocution add up to an incredibly dangerous job. 

Pay Per Year: $34.8 K

Death Rate: 24.03 per 100,000 workers

Why It’s So Dangerous: Driving a giant truck with scary-intense moving parts in all sorts of weather conditions =

possible death. 

Pay Per Year: $70.1 K

Death Rate: 21.04 per 100,000 workers

Why It’s So Dangerous: These types of jobs involve working with sometimes unsafe machinery and in all sorts of

unsavory weather conditions. 

Pay Per Year: $32.7 K

Death Rate: 33.16 per 100,000

Why It’s So Dangerous: Transporting trash apparently leads to a lot of fatalities. 

Pay Per Year: $35.5 K

Death Rate: 36.25 per 100,000 workers

Why It’s So Dangerous: Roofing involves working in areas high off the ground, in a variety of poor weather

conditions, and with potentially deadly equipment. 

Pay Per Year: $45.6 K

Death Rate: 42.61 per 100,000 workers

Why It’s So Dangerous: Harsh daily conditions and dangerous equipment contribute to the deadliness of this job. 

Pay Per Year: $39.6 K

Death Rate: 56.79 per 100,000 workers

Why It’s So Dangerous: These workers regularly risk their lives in unsafe working conditions, among heavy machinery. 

Pay Per Year: $80 K

Death Rate: 57 per 100,000 workers

Why It’s So Dangerous: They fly things THROUGH THE AIR. These things sometimes crash.

Pay Per Year: $34.1 K

Death Rate: 97.05 per 100,000 workers

Why It’s So Dangerous: This job features poor weather conditions, poor working conditions, dangerous machinery and gigundo trees falling

to the Earth. 

Pay Per Year: $35.3 K

Death Rate: 131.52 per 100,000 workers

Why It’s So Dangerous: Like many jobs on this list, it involves unsafe weather conditions, heavy machinery, and odd

hours—all on top of the danger of being swept into the ocean.