to measure SES include the Hollingshead four-factor index of social status, the Nam-Powers-Boyd scale, and Duncan's Socioeconomic Index. A 2007 Harris Poll of 1,010 U.S. adults suggested that occupational prestige is linked to perceived impact on community welfare, the highest ranking jobs being firefighter, scientists, and teachers. Lower ranking jobs include well-paid positions such as brokers, actors, and bankers. Police officers and engineers tended to fall somewhere in the middle of the ladder. According to The Harris Poll (2007), the following are the changes over the last quarter century of American's view as the most and least prestigious jobs: Those who see teachers as having "very great" prestige has risen 25 points from 29 to 54 percent; Those who say lawyers have "very great" prestige has fallen 14 points, from 36 to 22 percent; Scientists have fallen 12 points from 66 to 54 percent; Athletes have fallen ten points from 26 to 16 percent; Physicians have fallen nine points from 61 to 52 percent; Bankers have fallen seven points from 17 to 10 percent; Entertainers have fallen six points from 18 percent to 12 percent. List of occupations by prestige Occupations by prestige (NORC) The list of occupations by prestige assembled by the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) in 1989 is the one most commonly used. The list includes over 800 occupations, but only the top 20 with the highest prestige scores are listed here. See also Occupational inequality Otis Dudley Duncan References Notes Sources "In U.S., Women's Weight Gain Brings Loss of Income, Job Prestige, Study Finds." Health & Medicine Weekly, 2005, June. Retrieved March 9, 2006, from NewRx database. Schooler, C., & Schoenbach, C. (1994, September). "Social Class, Occupational Status, Occupational Self-Direction, and Job Income: A Cross-National Examination. Sociological Forum." Academic Search Premier database, 1994, September 431–459. Ollivier. "Too much money off other people's backs': status in late modern societies". The Canadian journal of sociology. 2000 vol:25 iss:4 pg:441 -470. Witt, Jon, ed. Soc 2012. 2012. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2012. 245-46. Print. External links http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=25198&nfid=mnf http://www.harrisinteractive.com/harris_poll/index.asp?PID=793 Sociological terminology Occupations