The most dangerous job in the world in 2025 is logging, with an extremely high fatal injury rate due to hazards like falling trees and unsafe equipment. Logging workers face the highest risk of death among jobs, followed closely by commercial fishing workers who deal with unpredictable sea conditions and heavy machinery. Other highly dangerous jobs include firefighters, electrical power-line installers, miners, roofers, truck drivers, and oil rig divers, each presenting significant life-threatening risks from falls, explosions, drowning, electrocution, and extreme working environments.

Logging tops many recent lists due to the combination of working with heavy machinery in hazardous weather and often being isolated during their tasks. Commercial fishing is also extremely perilous due to the threat of drowning, vessel capsizing, and extreme weather conditions at sea.