Jake Thomas
jthomas@portlandobserver.com

The Wall Street Journal has an interesting ranking of the 200 worst and best jobs for 2010 based on the employment outlook, income, environment, and stress.

Faring best are actuaries, who are business professionals that analyze risk. At the bottom are “roustabouts,” or unskilled laborers.

Also near the bottom are dairy farmer (197) and police officer (180).

Among higher ranking jobs are software engineer (2) and meteorologist (12).

Journalists were also near the bottom at 184th spot.