The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index found that business owners scored highest, with 72.5, in “overall well-being” in a poll of more than 100,000 Americans in 11 sectors. Professionals and managers/executives came in at No. 2 (71.5) and No. 3 (70.9).
People making up the three top-scoring occupations are also those with the highest household income, according to Gallup. Business owners do make a bit less than professionals and managers/executives, but scored highest on a measure of job satisfaction and work environment.
Least satisfied were, from the bottom up, those employed in manufacturing, with a score of 62.1, followed by transportation (62.6), services (64.0), installation (64.4) and construction (65.0).
Farming, fishing and forestry workers scored fourth-best (67.8), even with relatively low incomes.
Associated Press
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