most dangerous jobs

The Top 10 Most Dangerous Jobs in America: Is Yours on the List?

2026 BLS Data reveals which jobs are the deadliest, putting workers at risk for fatal injury

February 25, 2026

Every 104 minutes, an American worker loses their life on the job, according to the most recent data released February 19, 2026, by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Top 10 most dangerous jobs in the United States in 2024

Lessons to be learned from the most lethal occupations

Dave Johnson

August 13, 2024

"It won't happen to me," is a common workplace safety belief. Learn about the deadliest jobs and injury causes to reduce risk.

Cover Feature

The 10 most dangerous jobs in the U.S.

Workers in one of these industries are at highest risk of death

Benita Mehta

March 20, 2023

On-the-job deaths have been rising — hitting the highest annual number since 2016. There were 5,190 fatal work injuries recorded in the United States in 2021, an 8.9 percent increase from 4,764 in 2020, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported in December.

Editorial

Roofers, linemen, oil and gas workers among top 10 most dangerous jobs

Benita Mehta

November 6, 2020

Every year, AdvisorSmith researches the most dangerous jobs in the United States based on data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries. The list doesn’t usually vary by too much, but there are some statistics worth a second look in the current list, which uses data from 2014-2018.

Fatalities involving confined spaces & failing to provide fall protection

Top 25 most dangerous jobs in the United States

On-the-job deaths have been rising in recent years

Benita Mehta

November 5, 2020

Roofers, power lineman, construction jobs are among the most dangerous jobs in the United States based on data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries and studied by AdvisorSmith.

Most dangerous jobs in the U.S.: The top 20

April 1, 2019

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 Injuries and the Current Population Survey to determine the most hazardous jobs, based on fatal injury rates.

Hauling oil and gas one of the most dangerous jobs

March 22, 2017

Approximately four percent of crude oil and petroleum products were shipped by truck in 2012. Trucking over rough rural roads, often in extreme weather conditions, is one of the biggest dangers in the oil and gas industry.

April 30, 2015

Whose jobs are more dangerous—construction workers, farmers, or pilots? Do workers get paid in proportion to danger? The results may surprise you!