Actuary #1 Job in America

Actuaries always seem to get a bad rep from movies. Every movie that I've seen that contains an actuary as one of the main characters, portrays them as really depressed people who dislike their line of work or as really up tight people who are afraid to take chances. Examples of this are Fight Club, About Schmdt and Along Came Polly.

So naturally, that will leave a lot of people with the opinion that being an Actuary is a crappy job. I was beginning to feel that way as well until I read this article on careercast.com. The article composed a list of the top 10 jobs in the U.S. and Actuaries topped the list. The criteria that was used to rate each job were physical demands, work environment, stress, income and hiring outlook. According to the article, actuaries were in the top ten of every category except for median income where it ranked 22nd with $86,000.

So yeah, don't be fooled by the negative portrayal of actuaries in the movies.It is a job with a lot of upside and should be held in higher reguards.

I know you are probably thinking that there is no way that actuary is the best job in the country. There's got to be better jobs right? Well, the articles goal was not to list the most glamorous jobs but to find the job with the best combo of the criteria they were looking for and that provided a positive experience for the majority of its employees.