The 10 Most Stressful Jobs in America: Not Air Traffic Controller or Teacher

1. Enlisted Military Personnel

Median salary: $29,000

Enlisted military personnel is ranked as the most stressful job of 2014. Whether in wartime or peace, on active duty or reserve, the soldier’s life is never an easy or carefree one. When off-duty, they must live to strict standards, and endure constant physical and psychological pressure to prepare them for the possibility of facing enemy fire in battle. Needless to say, it’s even worse when they’re on active duty, and engaged in combat that could claim their lives, or force them to take the lives of others at any moment. That is the kind of stress that no payment is worth, but that soldiers do for the protection of their countries.