20 Jobs That Often Require Standing

by Sophia Miller

Monday, January 18, 2016

There are some jobs for which owning a comfortable pair of shoes should be a prerequisite as you would be required to do a lot of standing. Standing is a natural human posture and poses no particular health hazard. However, working in a standing position on a regular basis can cause sore feet while virtually anyone would enjoy a good foot massage at the end of the day, these workers could use one more than others. The jobs that often require standing are listed below.

Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials
Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials press or shape articles by hand or machine.
Median Annual Salary: $19,400

Cutters and trimmers, hand
Cutters and trimmers, hand use hand tools or hand-held power tools to cut and trim a variety of manufactured items, such as carpet, fabric, stone, glass, or rubber.
Median Annual Salary: $24,410

Food preparation workers
Food preparation workers perform a variety of food preparation duties other than cooking, such as preparing cold foods and shellfish, slicing meat, and brewing coffee or tea.
Median Annual Salary: $19,100 Projected 10-Year Employment Growth: 4.23%

Tapers
Tapers seal joints between plasterboard or other wallboard to prepare wall surface for painting or papering.
Median Annual Salary: $45,490 Projected 10-Year Employment Growth: 13%

Bakers
Bakers mix and bake ingredients to produce breads, rolls, cookies, cakes, pies, pastries, or other baked goods.
Median Annual Salary: $23,450 Projected 10-Year Employment Growth: .17%

Cooks, short order
Cooks, short order prepare and cook to order a variety of foods that require only a short preparation time. They may also take orders from customers and serve patrons at counters or tables.
Median Annual Salary: $19,580 Projected 10-Year Employment Growth: .05%

Dishwashers
Dishwashers clean dishes, kitchen, food preparation equipment, or utensils.
Median Annual Salary: $18,150 Projected 10-Year Employment Growth: 11.56%

Tire builders
Tire builders operate machines to build tires.
Median Annual Salary: $39,250

Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists provide beauty services, such as shampooing, cutting, coloring, and styling hair, and massaging and treating scalp. They may also apply makeup, dress wigs, perform hair removal, and provide nail and skin care services.
Median Annual Salary: $22,760 Projected 10-Year Employment Growth: 20.14%

Packers and packagers, hand
Packers and packagers, hand pack or package by hand a wide variety of products and materials.
Median Annual Salary: $19,630

Butchers and meat cutters
Butchers and meat cutters cut, trim, or prepare consumer-sized portions of meat for use or sale in retail establishments.
Median Annual Salary: $28,600 Projected 10-Year Employment Growth: 1.48%

Cooks, fast food
Cooks, fast food prepare and cook food in a fast food restaurant with a limited menu. Duties of these cooks are limited to preparation of a few basic items and normally involve operating large-volume single-purpose cooking equipment.
Median Annual Salary: $18,100 Projected 10-Year Employment Growth: 7.49%

Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop welcome patrons, seat them at tables or in lounge, and help ensure quality of facilities and service.
Median Annual Salary: $18,450 Projected 10-Year Employment Growth: 6.49%

Floral designers
Floral designers design, cut, and arrange live, dried, or artificial flowers and foliage.
Median Annual Salary: $23,610

Laundry and dry-cleaning workers
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers operate or tend washing or dry-cleaning machines to wash or dry-clean industrial or household articles, such as cloth garments, suede, leather, furs, blankets, draperies, linens, rugs, and carpets. Includes spotters and dyers of these articles.
Median Annual Salary: $19,540 Projected 10-Year Employment Growth: 2.81%

Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers
Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers use hand or hand tools to perform routine cutting and trimming of meat, poultry, and seafood.
Median Annual Salary: $22,330 Projected 10-Year Employment Growth: 6.36%

Fence erectors
Fence erectors erect and repair fences and fence gates, using hand and power tools.
Median Annual Salary: $28,970 Projected 10-Year Employment Growth: 13.59%

Drywall and ceiling tile installers
Drywall and ceiling tile installers apply plasterboard or other wallboard to ceilings or interior walls of buildings. Apply or mount acoustical tiles or blocks, strips, or sheets of shock-absorbing materials to ceilings and walls of buildings to reduce or reflect sound. Materials may be of decorative quality. Includes lathers who fasten wooden, metal, or rockboard lath to walls, ceilings or partitions of buildings to provide support base for plaster, fire-proofing, or acoustical material.
Median Annual Salary: $37,320 Projected 10-Year Employment Growth: 13.52%

Slaughterers and meat packers
Slaughterers and meat packers work in slaughtering, meat packing, or wholesale establishments performing precision functions involving the preparation of meat. Work may include specialized slaughtering tasks, cutting standard or premium cuts of meat for marketing, making sausage, or wrapping meats.
Median Annual Salary: $23,380 Projected 10-Year Employment Growth: 4.18%

Painters, construction and maintenance
Painters, construction and maintenance paint walls, equipment, buildings, bridges, and other structural surfaces, using brushes, rollers, and spray guns. They may also remove old paint to prepare surface prior to painting. They may also mix colors or oils to obtain desired color or consistency.
Median Annual Salary: $34,280 Projected 10-Year Employment Growth: 6.97%