25 Surprising Things You Should Know About Common Jobs
Turns out there’s nothing ordinary about ordinary jobs.
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We tend to think of common jobs as boring, and, well, commonplace. But it turns out there are a ton of fascinating, surprising details that nobody ever talks about.
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![Successful lawyers are more likely to suffer from depression. A study from the University of Toronto found a strong connection between markers of succ](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/3/8/3/651383.jpg?v=2)
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![CRACKED Jobs related to creative arts have contributed over $704.2 billion to the US economy in 2013, an increase of over 30% since 1998.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/3/8/2/651382.jpg?v=2)
![Bartenders have the second highest divorce rate of any occupation. Their divorce rate is 38.4%, over twice the average of 16%- it puts them second onl](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/4/2/4/651424.jpg?v=2)
![Law is the least diverse profession in the US. 87% of lawyers, judges and other judicial officials are white and 60% Of them are male.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/4/0/1/651401.jpg?v=2)
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![Less than 15% of all NURSES in the U.S. are MEN. Yet male nurses still EARN MORE than their female counterparts.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/4/1/9/651419.jpg?v=2)
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