Popular Science has a nice column on the worst jobs in science:

Anal-Wart Researcher/Worm Parasitologist/Lab-Animal Veterinarian/Tampon Squeezer/Landfill Monitor/K-25 Demolition Worker/ Ecologist at St. John’s Harbor/Iraqi Archaeologist/Tick Dragger/Nurse/Computer Help-Desk Tech/Congressional Science Fellow/Public-School Science Teacher/Nosologist/Root Sorter/Crank/Television Meteorologist