Among the occupations that get the shortest amount of shuteye each night, several make life-and-death decisions regularly. And members of one profession on the list carry guns on the job. Anybody need coffee?
The mattress store Sleepy's used information gathered in the CDC's National Health Survey to figure out which workers get the most sleep each day, and which make do with the least. On average, workers in these occupations sleep the least, ranked in order starting with those sleeping the least of the least:
1. Home Health Aides
2. Lawyers
3. Police Officers
4. Physicians, Paramedics
5. Economists
6. Social Workers
7. Computer Programmers
8. Financial Analysts
9. Plant Operators
10. Secretaries