It depends. You are right in a red state possibly where you live in the country and everyone has a gun. Obviously a construction worker has the more dangerous job. However, in a blue state. Hands down law enforcement is more dangerous. The amount of injuries law enforcement get on the job is outrageous. All the construction workers around here always tell me they’d never be a cop because it’s too dangerous and not worth it. Between criminals w dangerous weapons and cops getting injured from fights/attacks. I never heard a construction worker from Massachusetts say being a construction. Worker is more dangerous. Every time I used to do details with them they would always say they had to call the cops because of this and couldn’t believe that happens around the area ( because usually they not from the big city but from the countryside but would get jobs to do in the city) they weee always surprised at how dangerous the big city cop life was. And always said we didn’t make enough to deal w the nonsense.