Substance abuse counselor
Despite the tough job description, Beth Rosenshein is addicted to helping people. Her role is supported by Massachusetts General Hospital/ Partners HealthCare
% who say their job is stressful: 71%
Dealing with the needs of one addict is more than many people can bear, but these counselors do it by the caseload. Coordinating personalized treatment programs for addictions to alcohol, drugs, gambling and other issues such as eating disorders are all in a day's work.
"When the funding sources aren't there, when people you know are losing people, it gets hard," said Beth Rosenshein, director of the Substance Abuse Coalition in Charlestown, Mass. "These are people's children and people's families and yet that's what drives you to do something about it."
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Last updated October 29 2009: 4:28 PM ET
Source: PayScale.com.
How Payscale.com defined high stress and low pay jobs: Starting from a database of over 2000 jobs, Payscale used data from over 36,000 respondents who ranked their jobs for quality of life factors, and chose those requiring a bachelor's degree or higher where the national median pay is less than $65,000. The survey was conducted between Aug 10, 2009 and Oct. 1, 2009.
How Payscale.com defined high stress and low pay jobs: Starting from a database of over 2000 jobs, Payscale used data from over 36,000 respondents who ranked their jobs for quality of life factors, and chose those requiring a bachelor's degree or higher where the national median pay is less than $65,000. The survey was conducted between Aug 10, 2009 and Oct. 1, 2009.
