Which Jobs Are Marriage-Killers

Which Jobs Are Marriage-Killers

2017-11-06 | Entertainment

Jobs—especially toxic ones—can sometimes put strain on a marriage.

Check out the list below to see what the divorce rate is for your industry and which jobs, specifically, have the highest and lowest divorce rates.

Jobs with the lowest divorce rate:

  1. Actuaries 17%

  2. Physical scientists 18.9%

  3. Medical scientists and life scientist 19.6%

  4. Clergy 19.8%

  5. Software developers 20.3%

  6. Physical therapists 20.7%

  7. Optometrists 20.8%

  8. Chemical engineers 21.1%

  9. Religious and education directors 21.3%

  10. Physicians and surgeons 21.8%

  11. Biomedical and agricultural engineers 22%

  12. Podiatrists 22.4%

  13. Dentists 22.5%

  14. Pharmacists 22.6%

  15. Military enlisted tactical operations and air/weapons specialists and crew members 23%

  16. Speech language pathologists 23.2%

  17. Natural science managers 23.7%

  18. Biological scientists 23.7%

  19. Veterinarians 23.9%

  20. Agricultural products graders and sorters 24%

Jobs with the highest divorce rate:

  1. Gaming managers 52.9%

  2. Bartenders 52.7%

  3. Flight attendants 50.5%

  4. Gaming service workers 50.3%

  5. Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders 50.1%

  6. Switchboard operators 49.7%

  7. Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders 49.6%

  8. Telemarketers 49.2%

  9. Textile knitting and weaving machine operators and tenders 48.9%

  10. Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders 48.8%

  11. Telephone operators 47.8%

  12. Massage therapists 47.8%

  13. Gaming cage workers 47.3%

  14. Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 47%

  15. First-line supervisors of correctional officers 46.9%

  16. Dancers and choreographers 46.8%

  17. Dispatchers 46.6%

  18. Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine operators 46.5%

  19. Ambulance drivers and attendants 46.3%

  20. Small engine mechanics 46.2%

Industries ranked from lowest to highest divorce rate:

  1. Architecture and engineering 27.5%

  2. Computers and mathematics 27.6%

  3. Military 28.3%

  4. Life, physical, and social science 28.5%

  5. Education and library 30.1%

  6. Health care 31.6%

  7. Community and social services 32.5%

  8. Farming, fishing, and forestry 33.0%

  9. Finance 33.9%

  10. Legal 35%

  11. Arts and entertainment 35.2%

  12. Management 35.7%

  13. Business operations 36%

  14. Construction and extraction 36.5%

  15. Extraction 37.3%

  16. Food preparation and serving 37.4%

  17. Building and grounds cleaning 37.8%

  18. Sales 38.2%

  19. Production 38.9%

  20. Health care support 39.2%

  21. Installation, maintenance, and repair workers 39.3%

  22. Personal care and service 39.6%

  23. Protective services 40%

  24. Transportation 40.5%

  25. Office and administrative support 40.6%

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