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This narrative review distinguishes findings demonstrated directly in occupational populations from mechanisms extrapolated from general psychological-stress, experimental, and preclinical models, and evaluates the potential utility of candidate biomarkers in occupational health. Prospective occupational evidence supports a weak and heterogeneous association between adverse psychosocial working conditions and inflammatory activity, with the clearest signal reported for IL-6. Mechanistic studies implicate hypothalamic\u2013pituitary\u2013adrenal axis dysregulation, altered sympathetic signaling, reduced glucocorticoid sensitivity, NF-\u03baB-related transcription, cytokine responses, immune-cell alterations, oxidative stress, and stress-responsive gene regulation; however, much of this evidence derives from non-occupational models and primarily supports biological plausibility. Occupational epidemiological evidence is strongest for cardiovascular and selected metabolic outcomes, while associations with depressive symptoms and psychological distress are recurrent but remain limited by concerns regarding causal inference. Evidence linking occupational stress specifically to autoimmune and skeletal outcomes remains comparatively indirect. C-reactive protein, IL-6, salivary cortisol, and hair cortisol remain research-oriented measures because none has demonstrated sufficient occupational-stress specificity, validated diagnostic accuracy, clinically actionable thresholds, or incremental predictive value beyond established psychosocial and clinical assessment. Routine biomarker-based diagnosis or surveillance is therefore not currently supported. 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