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Job prestige
Released on: Sunday, November 12, 2006 8:00 AM
Service Industries Gain Prestige
According to the results of the annual survey measuring public perceptions of prestigious occupations, the service and public service sector surged ahead. Of the 23 professions and occupations measured in the Harris study, firefighters, doctors, and nurses are seen as prestigious occupations by U.S. adults. Conversely, business executives, stockbrokers, and real estate agents are at the opposite end of the prestige spectrum. And at least one in four adults would tell you that union leaders, real estate brokersTOP SIX PRESTIGE OCCUPATIONS FOR 2006
The public service sector comes in a big winner in job prestige. The six occupations that are perceived as having "very great" prestige by at least half of all adults:
Source: Harris Interactive
Bottom of the Prestige Barrel
Conversely, the six occupations which are perceived to have "very little" prestige:1. Real estate brokers (6%)2. Stockbrokers (11%)3. Business executives (11%)4. Actors (12%)5. Union leaders (12%)6. Journalists (16%)
Gains on the prestige score board: Since 1977, there have been some interesting changes on the prestige scale. Those who see teachers as having "very great" prestige has risen 23 points from 29 to 52 percent. Firefighters have risen seven points from 56 to 63 percent. Over the past two years, they have risen a total of 15 points from 48 to 63 percent. Nurses have risen five points from 50 to 55 percent. Teachers are the only occupation, among the 11 tracked since 1977, to see a rise in prestige. Since last year, Teachers’ prestige points have risen from 47 to 52 percent
Loosing prestige points: Those who say lawyers have "very great" prestige has fallen 15 points, from 36 to 21 percent. Scientists have fallen 12 points from 66 to 54 percent. Business executives have fallen seven points from 18 to 11 percent. Some might say that the executive point loss is tied to the crisis of executive character appearing regularly in the news.
Source: Harris Interactive###
