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New research from resume.io ranks the scariest jobs in the U.S. by median salary.

Researchers analyzed 23 U.S. occupations associated with fear, danger, death or the macabre.

You might find the idea of working for decades before you can retire a bit frightening, but is your job scary enough to be someone’s Halloween costume ?

New research from AI-powered career platform resume.io explores some of the “scariest” jobs in the U.S. — and which ones pay the most.

Researchers analyzed 23 U.S. occupations associated with fear, danger, death or the macabre, assigning each a fear score from 0 to 100.

The score averages six O*NET Work Context measures: exposure to disease or infections, exposure to hazardous conditions, exposure to contaminants, exposure to minor burns, cuts, bites or stings, dealing with physically aggressive people, and the consequences of making an error.…