"Which Jobs Have the Highest Rates of Depression?", 22 Dec 2014

…[S]ome psychiatrists have spoken on which jobs are actually more of a grind, at least from the standpoint of mental health. A study published last month…suggests that some jobs have much higher rates of depression than others…Using data representing about 214,000 western Pennsylvanians, the study's authors calculated the incidence of depression across 55 industries. The highest rate of depression (16.2 percent) was found among bus drivers. The lowest (6.9 percent) was found among those in "amusement and recreation services," a broadly defined group that includes the sports, fitness, and performing-arts industries…One study found that depression costs the economy $83 billion annually, the majority of which is lost because of decreased productivity in the workplace…