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The 10 best jobs: Two of them are in IT

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IT TOPICS:Careers, Development

A study by Careercast.com identifies the best and worst jobs, based on salary and outlook, as well as factors such as working conditions, physical demands and stress (check out the methodology). Software engineer and computer systems analyst ranked among the top 10 best jobs. Programmer was No. 18.

Some the other top-ranked jobs often have an IT component, such as mathematician, actuary and statistician.

Lumberjack was the worst of the 200 positions studied, mostly because of injuries.

Here's the list of the 10 best jobs in this study:

Mathematician
Actuary
Statistician
Biologist
Software Engineer
Computer Systems Analyst
Historian
Sociologist
Industrial Designer
Accountant

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