NEW YORK –- Car salesmen are the least trusted group of people, according to Gallup´s annual U.S. survey of professions. They ranked last in a list that included military officers, congressmen, lawyers, doctors and reporters.

Only 9 percent of survey respondents rated car salesmen´s honesty and ethics as high, reported Reuters. Nurses topped the list with 79 percent of those surveyed giving them a "high" or "very high" rating.

The survey was conducted in November through telephone interviews with 1,015 adults.

Americans ranked public service professions highest in honesty and ethics.

1. Nurses

2. Grade school teachers

3. Druggists, pharmacists

4. Military officers

5. Medical doctors

6. Policemen

7. Clergy

8. Judges

9. Day care providers

10. Bankers

11. Auto mechanics

12. Local officeholders

13. Nursing home operators

14. State officeholders

15. TV Reporters

16. Newspaper reporters

17. Business executives

18. Congressmen

19. Lawyers

20. Advertising practitioners

21.Car salesmen

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