Most stressful jobs in 2023: Half are medical but it's expected

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...due to their higher salaries but that poor phone operator only gets paid like $30k/year and it's ranked 5  :

1. Urologists
Duties: Urologists specialize in conditions affecting the urinary tract, and deal with diseases that affect the reproductive system.

Stress level: 100

Median annual salary: $208,000

2. Film and video editors
Duties: Film and video editors edit moving images on film, video or other media. This position, which includes jobs in television and news editing roles, may work with producers or directors to organize images and soundtracks for final production.

Stress level: 99

Median annual salary: $62,680

3. Anesthesiologi st assistants
Duties: These assistants administer anesthesia for surgical and nonsurgical procedures. They also monitor patient status and provide patient care during surgical treatment.

Stress level: 98

Median annual salary: $121,530

4. Judges and magistrates
Duties: Judges administer justice in a court of law. They may sentence defendants, determine liability of defendant in civil cases, or even perform wedding ceremonies.

Stress level: 98

Median annual salary: $148,030

5. Phone operators
Duties: Phone operators provide information to callers by accessing directories and assisting them with a variety of tasks, such as billing requests, charges, credits or refunds. They may also handle emergency calls and help children or people with physical disabilities make telephone calls.

Stress level: 98

Median annual salary: $37,630

6. Acute care nurses
Duties: These nurses provide advanced nursing care for patients with acute conditions like heart attacks, respiratory distress syndrome or shock. They may also care for patients or before and after operations as well as perform advanced, invasive procedures.

Stress level: 98

Median annual salary: $77,600

7. Obstetricians and gynecologists
Duties: Obstetricians and gynecologists give medical care related to pregnancy or childbirth, including diagnosing and treating diseases affecting the reproductive system. They may also perform medical and gynecological surgery, as well as general care to women.

Stress level: 97

Median annual salary: $208,000

8. Public safety telecommunicat ors
Duties: Public safety telecommunicat ors receive and communicate 911 requests via telephone, radio or another communication system for emergency assistance. They record information regarding crimes, threats, disturbances, acts of terrorism, fires, medical emergencies and other public safety matters while also giving advice or instructions to callers.

Stress level: 97

Median annual salary: $46,670

9. First-line supervisor of retail sales workers
Duties: These supervisors directly manage and coordinate activities of retail sales workers. On top of obligations as a supervisor, other duties may include purchasing, budgeting and accounting.

Stress level: 96

Median annual salary: $39,230

10. Nurse anesthetists
Duties: These nurses administer anesthesia, monitor patients' vital signs and oversee patient recovery from anesthesia, possibly in an assistant role to anesthesiologi sts, surgeons, other physicians or dentists. They must be registered nurses with specialized graduate education.

Stress level: 96

Median annual salary: $195,610