Logging is not only the most dangerous job in America – it’s 31 times more dangerous than the average job nationwide. That’s one of the findings of a study recently completed by AdvisorSmith, which used data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries1 and the Current Population Survey2 to determine the most hazardous jobs, based on fatal injury rates.
AdvisorSmith, a business insurance advisor, found that workers in many of the most dangerous jobs earn average salaries that are well below the May 2017 annual mean wage of $50,620, “belying the notion that more dangerous jobs would be higher paying, compensating for risk.” The study also found that self-employed workers are four-and-a-half times more likely to die on the job compared with hourly and salaried workers.