Nonprofit jobs named as stressful and underpaid





CNN.com named 15 of the most overworked and underpaid professions out there. Many of the professions are professions in the nonprofit sector. Below are nonprofit professions that were named:

  • Social Worker - Median pay: $43,200

    % who say their job is stressful: 72%

  • Special Events Coordinator - Median pay: $35,900

    % who say their job is stressful: 75%

  • Music ministry director - Median pay: $40,800

    % who say their job is stressful: 67%

  • Membership manager - Median pay: $42,600

    % who say their job is stressful: 67%

  • Fundraiser - Median pay: $42,700


    % who say their job is stressful: 67%

  • Assistant living director - Median pay: $46,000

    % who say their job is stressful: 67%

  • Minister - Median pay: $45,300

    % who say their job is stressful: 71%

  • Curator - Median pay: $46,500

    % who say their job is stressful: 89%

  • Substance Abuse Counselor - Median pay: $32,400

    % who say their job is stressful: 71%

  • High School Teacher - Median pay: $43,000

    % who say their job is stressful: 65%

    Payscale.com conducted the research on behalf of CNN defining high stress and low pay jobs: Starting from a database of over 2000 jobs, Payscale used data from over 36,000 respondents who ranked their jobs for quality of life factors, and chose those requiring a bachelor’s degree or higher where the national median pay is less than $65,000. The survey was conducted between Aug 10, 2009 and Oct. 1, 2009.

    Source: CNN