People who tend to the elderly, change diapers and serve food and drinks have the highest rates of depression among U.S. workers.
Depression leads to $30 billion to $44 billion in lost productivity annually, said the report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Data is from 2004 through 2006.
Here’s a look at depression rates among full- time workers.
The percent of full-time workers age 18 to 64 reporting depression lasting two weeks or longer, by categories of occupation.
% / OCCUPATION
10.8
Personal care and service
10.3
Food preparation and serving-related
9.6
Community and social service
9.6
Health-care practitioners and technical
9.1
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, media
8.7
Education, training and library
8.1
Office and administrative support
7.3
Building/grounds cleaning, maintenance
6.7
Financial
6.7
Sales and related
6.4
Legal
6.4
Transportation and material moving
6.2
Mathematical and computer scientists
5.9
Production
5.8
Management
5.6
Farming, fishing and forestry
5..5
Protective service
4.8
Construction and extraction
4.4
Installation, maintenance and repair
4.4
Life, physical and social science
4.3
Engineering, architecture and surveyors
