Sleeping: What are the worst and best jobs for sleeping?

Posted On: December 15, 2023

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A bedding company, Get Laid Beds, conducted the survey among 3,000 men and women in the UK. Many studies have already been conducted on this topic, but what is special about this study is that seniority and gender factors were taken into account for 23 different job sectors. So the question is: what job makes you sleep better or worse, depending on whether you are junior or senior, male or female?

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The worst jobs for your dream

These are the sectors you should avoid if you want to sleep (well) at night:

Scientific and pharmaceutical sector
The business world, consulting and management
Leisure, sports and tourism
health care
Law enforcement and security

This ranking may not be surprising, but the Get Laid Beds blog post detailing the survey results (see Resources) notes that tourism and leisure occupations top the list. There is therefore speculation about a post-pandemic holiday boom.

But what about the teachers and home health aides who often top those rankings? They do not sleep (much) better than before and they follow closely, in 6th and 7th place.

Also read: 7 tips to fall asleep quickly

The best jobs to sleep well

These are the best sectors for a night of sleep of at least 7 hours:

Energy and Public Services
Marketing, advertising and public relations.
Sale
Transport and logistics
Recruitment

The next roles are sales and IT. “A fun and enjoyable work environment or a role that requires little or no responsibility will make you less likely to worry about the next day,” the blog post reads. “However, it is interesting to see that some regularly scrutinized sectors, such as energy and utilities, come out on top.”

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Seniority: men versus women

The big trend that emerges from this new survey is the difference between men and women in terms of the evolution of sleep quality: seniority. In fact, when we look at the curves of men and women, we see an almost perfect symmetry that evolves in the opposite direction: a man who initially sleeps well, sleeps increasingly worse as his field develops. The opposite is true for women: they sleep poorly at the beginning of their career, but their sleep improves with age. The result is that in leadership positions we have men who sleep poorly and women who (suddenly) sleep very well, or at least much better.

Read also: Do you need less sleep or sleep worse as you get older?

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