Rank the prestige of these professions - Doctor, Lawyer, Banker, Teacher, Engineer, Business Owner...

1. Doctor

2. Teacher

3. Military

4. Engineer

5. Business Owner

6. Banker

7. Marketing

8. Salesman

9. Police

10. Lawyer

1. Community Organizer

2. All other occupations

Comrade Obamski wrote:

1. Community Organizer

2. All other occupations

bahahahahah what a joke.

Teacher

Engineer

Marketing

Doctor

Business Owner

Salesman

Lawyer

Banker

Police

Military

Accountant

Business Owner

Lawyer

Doctor

Police

Firefighter

Military

Banker

Marketing

Salesman

Garbage Man

Janitor

Public Works

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Teacher

prestige or importance?

prestige is how a profession is perceived by the general public... importance is how, well, important a profession actually is in that society.

you could probably be pretty accurate with prestige if you list by highest potential income. importance is trickier and there's more room for debate.

for instance, a teacher probably has low prestige (low potential for income) but a high importance level (depending on social priorities).

my importance ranking:

doctor

teacher

police

engineer

business owner

lawyer

banker

military

salesman

marketing

i would add artist/writer/thinker to the list, and it would be pretty high in importance. i would also add politician, and it would be pretty low in importance.

he said "prestige" not "importance." So in the USA i'd say:

1. Doctor

2. Lawyer

3. Banker

4. Business Owner

5. Engineer

6. Marketing

7. Salesman

8. Military

9. Police

10. Teacher

1. Writer

2. Professor

3. Engineer

4. Military

5. Entrepreneur

6. Police

For me, doctors are very low in terms of prestige.

boom.!. wrote:

he said "prestige" not "importance." So in the USA i'd say:

1. Doctor

2. Lawyer

3. Banker

4. Business Owner

5. Engineer

6. Marketing

7. Salesman

8. Military

9. Police

10. Teacher

Depends on the business. If I have built an adult bookstore empire people will not view me in a very good light despite having done very well for myself.

Creators of New Wealth

1. Engineer

2. Business Owner

3. Teacher

4. Marketing

5. Banker

6. Salesman

7. Doctor

Assholes:

Lawyer

Police

Military

haha, YO wrote:

Depends on the business. If I have built an adult bookstore empire people will not view me in a very good light despite having done very well for myself.

Hugh Hefner?

Recession Proof:

Doctor

Police

Engineer

Teacher

Lawyer

Military

Salesman (with proven success)

Business Owner

Banker

manhattan wrote:

you could probably be pretty accurate with prestige if you list by highest potential income. importance is trickier and there's more room for debate.

I'll agree with you if you change "potential" to "typical." Otherwise professional lottery player is at the top of the prestige list.

Writer!? Haha

Creators of New Wealth wrote:

Assholes:

Lawyer

Police

Military

Somebody has authority issues. Abandoned by your dad?

Not a metro reporter, but a successful novelist would be in my top 5 as well.

sdofoijok wrote:

Writer!? Haha

Based solely on prestige, not my opinion but what I feel the majority of Ameirica feels.

1. Military

2. Business Owner

3. Doctor

4. Banker

5. Teacher

6. Police

7. Engineer

8. Marketing

9. Lawyer

10. Salesman

MD Student wrote:

Based solely on prestige, not my opinion but what I feel the majority of Ameirica feels.

1. Military

2. Business Owner

3. Doctor

4. Banker

5. Teacher

6. Police

7. Engineer

8. Marketing

9. Lawyer

10. Salesman

I agree with this one, though I might move lawyer up some.

I don't think the majority of Americans today think highly of the military, the police, and most of all, bankers and financial professionals.