November 6, 2009 | Read Time: 1 minute
With today’s news that the unemployment rate has breached 10 percent, most Americans, including nonprofit workers, are probably thankful they have a job.
But CNN is calling one charity position — fund raiser — one of the worst jobs in the country.
On a list of 15 jobs that pay poorly and are stressful, fund raiser is No. 7, not too far from parole officer and high-school teacher. “No matter the cause, asking people to part with their money is not easy. And it doesn’t just happen at cocktail parties,” says the cable news channel on its Web site.
Using a survey of 36,000 people by Payscale.com, CNN says the median pay for a fund raiser is $42,700 and 67 percent of fund raisers polled said their work is stressful.
Fund raiser isn’t the only nonprofit job listed. In fact, it seems CNN went out of its way to mention work that is often performed by charities. They include: assisted living director, minister, curator, substance-abuse counselor, music director at a church, membership manager, and social worker.
Of course, news reporter is No. 4 on the stressful-job list so maybe CNN thought misery loves company.
