True, you’re far more likely to die working menial laborer jobs than you are in the military.

Laborers are providing direct goods to the people they supply too. The military is far more intangible with prevention being the key factor for it’s expense.

In the United States, there were far more occupational injury deaths among men than women. In 2020, there were 4,377 male occupational injury deaths in the United States, compared to 387 deaths among women.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/187127/number-of-occupational-injury-deaths-in-the-us-by-gender-since-2003/

9 military people die from hostile action in 2020. 317/1017 in accidents. 190 illness. 406 suicide.

https://dcas.dmdc.osd.mil/dcas/app/summaryData/deaths/byYearManner

I highly doubt they consider suicide for occupational hazards too which is strange in hindsight considering the military accounts for it now. One of the few things they do ahead of the woke curve lol. First responders as well.

So in reality you’d need to remove both suicide and illness from the military’s numbers to equal laborers.

363 died in the military then vs 4,774.

Even hostile deaths… 9 in hostile action and 37 homicides… Meanwhile there were 392 workplace homicides. 37,060 nonfatal intentional injuries.

https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2022/workplace-violence-homicides-and-nonfatal-intentional-injuries-by-another-person-in-2020.htm