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Policing is 14th most dangerous job in USA per this list:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/careers/2018/01/09/work...

Firefighters and Security guards are not in top 25.



It's a bit surprising not to see the military on this list. According to [0] the US military has 82 deaths per 100,000 per year, around 55 of which are from "accidents" and "combat" which could reasonably be considered work-related deaths. That would put it in third or fourth place on the most dangerous list.

[0]https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.fool.com/amp/investing/gene...


Probably not captured under Bureau of Labor Statistics. Either military is completely excluded, or excludes ex-US.

Being on base in the USA is probably pretty safe, with a healthier than average population.


I suspect that BLS doesn't collect statistics on sex workers or the military (or they're not included on this list). There are probably a few other very dangerous jobs that are similarly omitted.


Not all policing is equal. Beat cop in Chicago or Sheriff of Methville is on a whole different level than TSA. Park Rangers are probably much higher risk than your average TSA employee because the routinely work alone and often are put in a situation where they have to tell a bunch of drunk people to stop partying.

For what is pays and the educational requirements policing is a very safe job.




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