Least stressful jobs

Feeling overworked and overwhelmed? Maybe it's time for a career change to one of these 10 fields from Money and PayScale.com's list of America's best jobs.

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7. Speech-Language Pathologist
Speech-Language Pathologist
Best Jobs rank: 27
% who say their job is low stress: 53.0%

Also known as speech therapists, these health-care professionals help people who are have trouble with speech or communication. About half work in educational services; most others are employed by health care and social assistance facilities. Though the work can be intense, it is not physically demanding and about half work in schools and get summers off.

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Last updated October 13 2009: 1:26 PM ET
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