Those living in or moving to Georgia may want to reconsider a job that involves a lot of work outside.
Lawn Love, a platform for outdoor services and information, conducted a study on the 50 states plus Washington, D.C., to determine the best and worst areas for outdoor workers. Georgia ranked in the bottom 10.
The rankings were calculated based on five categories including safety, employment and benefits, worker protection and safety, medical access, and environmental stressors. They were broken up into 26 smaller metrics that were each given different weights. Overall scores were given to each area.
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Georgia scored 38.42 which landed it in the 47th spot. It was particularly hurt by the high average of very hot days and its lower share of laborers with health insurance. Georgia also did very poorly in the overall employment and benefits ranking where it ranked 45th. However, the Peach State performed well in access to hospitals, ranking 8th best.
Here are the four states that overall ranked worse than Georgia (in order from the absolute worst up):
- Arkansas with a score of 33.85
- Florida with a score of 35.27
- Alabama with a score of 36.24
- Mississippi with a score of 36.51
Here are the top five states (in order from the best of the best down):
- Washington with a score of 70.98
- Oregon with a score of 68.83
- Minnesota with a score of 63.43
- California with a score of 61.21
- New York with a score of 59.16
