How Americans feel about 30 occupations based on happiness, impact, and pay

Numbers indicate the net score of each occupation based on the following:

Happiness: When it comes to the work they do, do you think that the following groups of people generally are…? (percentage point difference between the percentage of U.S. adult citizens who say "very happy" or "somewhat happy" and the percentage who say "very unhappy" or "somewhat unhappy.")

Impact: Do you think that the work the following groups of people do generally has a…? (percentage point difference between the percentage of U.S. adult citizens who say "very positive impact" or "somewhat positive impact" and the percentage who say "very negative impact" or "somewhat negative impact.")

Pay adequacy: Do you think that the following groups of people are generally…? (percentage point difference between the percentage of U.S. adult citizens who say "very overpaid" or "somewhat overpaid" and the percentage who say "very underpaid" or "somewhat underpaid.")

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Note: Net scores calculated based on the percentage point difference between the percentage of Americans who place each occupation at the high end of the scale and the percentage who place each occupation at the low end of the scale: the share who said a job has a positive impact minus the share who say it has a negative impact, and the same for overpaid vs. underpaid and happy vs. unhappy. Responses of "don't know," "neither happy nor unhappy," "neither positive nor negative impact," and "appropriately paid" are not included in the calculation.