Your job remains statistically safe for all the reasons you stated. Yes, your job has a very high proportion of fatalities vs injuries…I accounted for that.

I’m not trying to diminish you or your job. I’m just saying you’re paid well, not because it’s dangerous, but rather because you need a lot of expertise to do it and it’s more difficult for your industry to find people that fit the qualifications.

The most dangerous jobs, like the ones I listed earlier, do not tend to pay very well if “danger” is your only metric.

Getting back to the topic, under communism people who work in dangerous or high skilled jobs would be more likely to make more money…not less.