19 Jobs That People Quit the Most, Ranked

Here’s an unfun fact: Work enthusiasm is the lowest it’s been in a decade. “Work sucks, I know,” Blink-182 once warned us, but we didn’t listen. Today, nearly 70% of people are quitting their jobs. 

Exactly what industries are driving people to their breaking point the fastest? GIGAcalculator analyzed some data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and whipped up a little report on what jobs people are quitting the most. Curious? Here are the 19 types of industries they analyzed, ranked. 

Average Annual Income: $36,050 

Median Age: 42.9 

Median Years of Tenure: 2.1 

Total Number of Job Hoppers: 10,978 

Percentage of Job Hoppers: 34.01% 

No shock here: This industry exists so people can quit when they’re done with it. 

Average Annual Income: $39,729 

Median Age: 38.9 

Median Years of Tenure: 2.7 

Total Number of Job Hoppers: 1,856 

Percentage of Job Hoppers: 26.29% 

You can only get screamed at by a Hollywood type so many times before you’re outta there. Also: How does recreation fit into this? We talking about theme parks over here? 

Average Annual Income: $65,725 

Median Age: 39.6 

Median Years of Tenure: 3.1 

Total Number of Job Hoppers: 4,959 

Percentage of Job Hoppers: 25.06% 

This is another industry people only get into with the intention of eventually quitting, so the only weird part here is that it isn’t higher. 

Average Annual Income: $71,646 

Median Age: 42.9 

Median Years of Tenure: 3.9 

Total Number of Job Hoppers: 284 

Percentage of Job Hoppers: 21.35% 

Certain publishing jobs can be a 24/7 thing. No thanks. 

Average Annual Income: $66,248 

Median Age: 41.8 

Median Years of Tenure: 3.4 

Total Number of Job Hoppers: 179 

Percentage of Job Hoppers: 21.23% 

HR people are often hated. Is that the life you want for yourself? 

Average Annual Income: $69,984 

Median Age: 41.9 

Median Years of Tenure: 4.2 

Total Number of Job Hoppers: 2,508 

Percentage of Job Hoppers: 21.08% 

Not worth the risk! 

Average Annual Income: $73,679 

Median Age: 40.2 

Median Years of Tenure: 3.5 

Total Number of Job Hoppers: 129 

Percentage of Job Hoppers: 20.84% 

This industry is a grind that truly never sleeps. 

Average Annual Income: $68,087 

Median Age: 42.6 

Median Years of Tenure: 3.5 

Total Number of Job Hoppers: 13,912 

Percentage of Job Hoppers: 20.75% 

This is probably an all-too-grim look at our country. 

Average Annual Income: $68,087 

Median Age: 42.6 

Median Years of Tenure: 3.5 

Total Number of Job Hoppers: 3,464 

Percentage of Job Hoppers: 20.49% 

You can only haul people around for so long before you need to haul yourself to another job. 

Average Annual Income: $44,305 

Median Age: 46.3 

Median Years of Tenure: 4.4 

Total Number of Job Hoppers: 461 

Percentage of Job Hoppers: 20.35% 

This doesn’t count as the recreation industry? O.K., then.  

Average Annual Income: $69,687 

Median Age: 42.1 

Median Years of Tenure: 5.7 

Total Number of Job Hoppers: 120 

Percentage of Job Hoppers: 20.35% 

These are demanding jobs; surprising that people don’t leave more often. 

Average Annual Income: $59,857 

Median Age: 43.8 

Median Years of Tenure: 4.0 

Total Number of Job Hoppers: 5,577 

Percentage of Job Hoppers: 19.88% 

It’s said that a lot of people become teachers for the summers off — most people that aren't cut out for it don’t last too long. 

Average Annual Income: $51,037 

Median Age: 44.1 

Median Years of Tenure: 4.9 

Total Number of Job Hoppers: 3,082 

Percentage of Job Hoppers: 19.79% 

Who wants to work around machines all day? 

Average Annual Income: $161,259 

Median Age: 42.2 

Median Years of Tenure: 5.2 

Total Number of Job Hoppers: 1,729 

Percentage of Job Hoppers: 19.71% 

Tech isn’t always reliable, and people are starting to look for careers elsewhere. 

Average Annual Income: $125,000 

Median Age: 44.0 

Median Years of Tenure: 4.9 

Total Number of Job Hoppers: 587 

Percentage of Job Hoppers: 19.60% 

There will always be a need for work in utilities, but that means there will always be work in the customer service department to get screamed at by irate customers. Tough choice. 

Average Annual Income: $126,712 

Median Age: 43.4 

Median Years of Tenure: 4.8 

Total Number of Job Hoppers: 3,477 

Percentage of Job Hoppers: 18.91% 

If I lived in a city with even one single superhero, you would not catch me working at a bank. That thing is getting robbed any second. 

Average Annual Income: $134,920 

Median Age: 45.1 

Median Years of Tenure: 6.2 

Total Number of Job Hoppers: 1,441 

Percentage of Job Hoppers: 18.04% 

City planners and the like seem to stick around in the public admin industry more than they do in most of these others. 

Average Annual Income: $87,228 

Median Age: 44.6 

Median Years of Tenure: 4.0 

Total Number of Job Hoppers: 1,765 

Percentage of Job Hoppers: 17.98% 

You have to be the best of the best to make it in this extremely competitive industry — plus, it helps to start out incredibly rich so you can have a rolodex full of rich friends. 

Average Annual Income: $81,516 

Median Age: 46.6 

Median Years of Tenure: 3.5 

Total Number of Job Hoppers: 304 

Percentage of Job Hoppers: 17.51% 

It’s either very surprising or very unsurprising that lawyers are lowest on this list; I can’t make up my mind. Maybe they’re quitting because they have to spend time with each other, am I right?