Men in high-power jobs or unemployed more likely to cheat

Cheater, cheater.

It turns out there is a certain breed of men who continue to cheat on their loved ones — and it has to do with either the type of job they have or the lack thereof.

According to a new study conducted by the Institute for Family Studies in a blog post, men in high-power positions — like CEOs, surgeons and physicians — and those unemployed are more likely to cheat than their counterparts.

Men who have high-power positions are more likely to step outside their marriage. Getty Images

Writer Wendy Wang studied occupational data from the General Social Survey (GSS) to conclude that 18% of men in these top positions have been unfaithful in their marriage.

And on the flip side of things, unemployed men ages 25 to 54 are more likely to have extramarital sex since about 1