I’m a big believer in doing that makes you happy. Unfortunately lying in bed all day watching TV, and eating pizza doesn’t pay my bills. So, I decided to pursue my second dream job: entertainment. Okay, fine stand-up comedy, acting and writing doesn’t pay so well either (yet) but it makes me beyond happy. Wonder what kind of jobs do the happiest people in the U.S. have? A University of Chicago study, “Job Satisfaction in the United States,” offers some insight.

The study says the occupations where people report being happy overall, not just in terms of job satisfaction, involve helping others, technical and scientific expertise, or creativity.Tom W. Smith, director of the General Social Survey at the National Opinion Research Center at UC, elaborates: “Happiness is determined by how much satisfaction you get from all domains of life, and work is an important domain, so it’s one of the major components of overall happiness.”- Yahoo.com HotJobs

According to the study, the top occupations in general happiness are:
1. Clergy
2. Firefighters
3. Transportation, ticket, and reservation agents such as travel agents
4. Architects
5. Special education teachers
6. Actors and directors
7. Science technicians
8. Miscellaneous mechanical and repairing occupations
9. Industrial engineers
10. Airline pilots and navigators

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