TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Kate Prince on Jan 24, 2023

Being a lawyer is the most stressful occupation in the U.S. according to a new analysis from the Washington Post. The Post, using data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, looked at a subset of well-being data collected in four American Time Use Surveys between 2010 and 2021. The surveys asked respondents how meaningful their activities were or how happy, sad, stressed, pained and tired they felt on a six-point scale. The industry with the lowest self-reported levels of stress and the highest levels of self-reported happiness was agriculture, logging and forestry. The ABA Journal has a full breakdown of the findings.