Teachers report high levels of stress relative to other professions: Percentage responding “yes” to having experienced stress "during a lot of the day yesterday," 2013
Percentage responding “yes” | |
---|---|
Teacher (K-12) | 46% |
Nurse | 46% |
Sales | 45% |
Physician | 45% |
Service worker | 43% |
Manager or executive | 43% |
Other professionals | 43% |
Clerical | 42% |
Business owner | 42% |
Installation/repair | 38% |
Construction | 38% |
Manufacturing | 37% |
Transportation | 36% |
Farming, fishing, or forestry | 33% |
Source: Recreation of 2013 Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index survey (Gallup, State of America's Schools: The Path to Winning Again in Education, 2014).