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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (244141)	4/14/2010 12:18:46 PM
From: ajtj99	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 306849

Here is something I posted on a neighborhood forum in response to folks telling us how much public safety officers risk their lives and how they are worth every bit they get paid: U.S. Soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq risk their lives about 100-times more often than fire fighters and get compensated less than half what fire fighters are compensated. Open it up to the real market and see what those public safety jobs are really worth. I'd bet you could fill nearly every position for 40% less than current compensation if you held a job fair today. Oh, look up the mortality rates of convenience store clerks and hotel receptionists. You'd be shocked at the numbers, and they make around the minimum wage. Here's the BLS statistics for 2006. Note firefighters and police officers don't even crack the top 9 occupations for deaths per 100,000 workers (also, note the salary compensation for these jobs): According to the BLS, the following jobs had the highest fatality rates for 2006: Fishers and related fishing workers Fatality rate (per 100,000 workers): 141.7 Number of fatalities: 51 Average salary: $19,104 Aircraft pilots and flight engineers Fatality rate (per 100,000 workers): 87.8 Number of fatalities: 101 Average salary: $129,250 Logging workers Fatality rate (per 100,000 workers): 82.1 Number of fatalities: 64 Average salary: $22,320 Structural iron and steel workers Fatality rate (per 100,000 workers): 61.0 Number of fatalities: 36 Average salary: $39,168 Refuse and recyclable material collectors Fatality rate (per 100,000 workers): 41.8 Number of fatalities: 38 Average salary: $23,770 Farmers and ranchers Fatality rate (per 100,000 workers): 37.1 Number of fatalities: 291 Average salary: $15,603 Electrical power-line installers and repairers Fatality rate (per 100,000 workers): 34.9 Number of fatalities: 38 Average salary: $45,331 Roofers Fatality rate (per 100,000 workers): 33.9 Number of fatalities: 82 Average salary: $28,474 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers Fatality rate (per 100,000 workers): 27.1 Number of fatalities: 940 Average salary: $30,931 (for heavy or tractor-trailer drivers) Source(s): World's Most Dangerous Jobs Rachel Zupek, CareerBuilder.com Writer