America’s Most Respected Occupations 2021
Americans rank Firefighters top, followed by Nurses, Farmers, Members of theArmed Forces, and Medical Doctors, while Owners of Social Media Platforms
rank dead last out of 28 occupations measured
New York, May 30, 2021—A survey released today by Maru Public Opinion finds that oftwenty-eight occupations measured, American’s rank Firefighters as their most respected,
followed by Nurses, Farmers, Members of the Armed Forces, and Medical Doctors, while Ownersof Social Media Platforms rank dead last, behind Elected Members of Congress/Senate, and Car
Salespeople.
The results were determined by the American public in a nationality representative survey thatapplied a point scoring methodology to the data that rendered a Mean score for each occupation
in a ranked format. No margin of error is required for the results calculated in this way. A full
methodology follows the ranked scores:
Respect Score (out of 100)
Firefighters
Nurses
Farmers
Members of our Armed Forces
Medical Doctors
Pharmacists
Scientists
Teachers
Grocery Store Owners/ Clerks
Engineers
Airline Pilots
Veterinarians
Transit Workers
Private Sector LTC Home Operators
Police Officers
JudgesClergyBankers
Lawyers
Union Leaders
Journalists
Radio/ TV Talk Show Hosts
Business Executives
Professional Sports Players
Advertising Practitioners
Car Salespeople
Elected Members of Congress/Senate
Owners of Social Media Platforms

SCORE
93.4
92.2
89.3
89.2
88.7
85.4
85.2
84.3
84.0
83.9
83.4
83.3
80.7
75.6
74.6
69.5
68.0
63.4
58.2
56.5
56.4
56.3
55.4
53.7
50.7
46.2
45.4
44.7

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Methodology
These are the findings from a Maru Public Opinion Poll conducted in two waves: thefirst wave was March 12– 14, 2021, with a sample size of 1510 and a second wave ofMarch 19-22, 2021, with a sample size of 1506, among randomly selected American
adults who are members of Maru/Blue‘s Maru Springboard America online panel. The
methodology ensures that the disproportionate sample sizes are balanced for the total
results.
The results have been weighted by education, age, gender, and region, to match thepopulation according to the most recent census data so that the sample isrepresentative of the entire adult population of the United States.
The following question is put to each respondent:
Please indicate how much you respect [Insert]? [Choose one]
Respect very much
Respect somewhat
Respect not very much
Respect not at all
The list of occupations is then provided to respondents in a randomized fashion. Each
respondent completes the rating per entity provided for the scaled evaluation. The“Respect Score” is then created by giving 100 points for those who choose “Respectvery much”, 70 points for “Respect somewhat”, 30 points for “Respect not verymuch”, and 0 points for “Respect not at all”. A mean score is determined using thesevalues, ultimately giving a value between 0 to 100 for each entity. The scoringproduces a ranked order whereby being at the top of the list determines that theoccupation is the “Most Respected” followed by all others in descending order. By
determining the results in this way, a margin of error is not necessary.
Sample management and data collection by Maru/Blue
https://www.marugroup.net/maru-blue is rooted in the Maru/HUB technology
platform and offers on-demand, high quality, highly scalable online community
samples of deeply engaged, known respondents.
Maru Public Opinion is a research and insight channel of the Maru Group. The division
conducts public opinion survey research for clients in all sectors and with collaborative
media partners, carrying out custom research and polls for media release. A fulldescription of the channel and access to polls already released into the public domain
can be found at https://www.marugroup.net/polling
Maru Public Opinion does not conduct polling for any political party.
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Excerpts from this release of findings should be properly attributed, withinterpretation subject to clarification or correction.

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