Air weapons specialists are one of the least happy careers in the United States.
At CareerExplorer, we conduct an ongoing survey with millions of people and ask them how satisfied they are with their careers. As it turns out, air weapons specialists rate their career happiness 2.8 out of 5 stars which puts them in the bottom 17% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy air weapons specialists are to similar careers in the industry. Take a look at the results below:
Salaries and satisfaction ratings in similar careers
| Career | Satisfaction | Avg Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Sailor | 2.9 | $42k |
| Command and control center specialist | 2.9 | $37k |
| Artillery crew member | 2.8 | $35k |
| Power engineer | 2.8 | $68k |
| Marine electrician | 2.8 | $73k |
| Machinist | 2.7 | $28k |
| Hazardous materials removal worker | 2.6 | $36k |
| Recreational vehicle service technician | 2.6 | $45k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are air weapons specialists happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do air weapons specialists find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as air weapons specialists?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are air weapons specialist’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are air weapons specialists making the best use of their abilities?
Are air weapons specialists happy with their salary?
Air weapons specialists rated their satisfaction with their salaries 3.4/5. Few are explicitly unhappy with their salaries, with most air weapons specialists having generally positive views of their salary.
We asked air weapons specialists how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
3.4 out of 5 stars
33 air weapons specialists
18% of air weapons specialists rated their compensation 5 stars
24% of air weapons specialists rated their compensation 4 stars
42% of air weapons specialists rated their compensation 3 stars
6% of air weapons specialists rated their compensation 2 stars
9% of air weapons specialists rated their compensation 1 stars
Do air weapons specialists find their jobs meaningful?
On average, air weapons specialists rate the meaningfulness of their work a 3.0/5. Most tend to be satisified with the level of meaning they find in their careers.
We asked air weapons specialists how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
3.0 out of 5 stars
33 air weapons specialists
9% of air weapons specialists rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
33% of air weapons specialists rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
30% of air weapons specialists rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
6% of air weapons specialists rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
21% of air weapons specialists rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as air weapons specialists?
Air weapons specialists rated their personality fit with their work an average of 3.8/5. The majority of air weapons specialists find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked air weapons specialists how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
3.8 out of 5 stars
38 air weapons specialists
21% of air weapons specialists rated their career fit 5 stars
47% of air weapons specialists rated their career fit 4 stars
24% of air weapons specialists rated their career fit 3 stars
5% of air weapons specialists rated their career fit 2 stars
3% of air weapons specialists rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is an air weapons specialist’s work environment?
As a whole, air weapons specialists rated their enjoyment of their work environment 3.3/5. Most of them tend to enjoy, or at least not be actively bothered by, their work environment.
We asked air weapons specialists how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.3 out of 5 stars
38 air weapons specialists
21% of air weapons specialists rated their work environment 5 stars
26% of air weapons specialists rated their work environment 4 stars
24% of air weapons specialists rated their work environment 3 stars
16% of air weapons specialists rated their work environment 2 stars
13% of air weapons specialists rated their work environment 1 stars
Are air weapons specialists making the best use of their abilities?
Former air weapons specialists on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 2.9/5. Air weapons specialists tend to feel that they don’t manage to use their abilities to their fullest, when compared to other careers.
We asked air weapons specialists how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
2.9 out of 5 stars
38 air weapons specialists
16% of air weapons specialists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
13% of air weapons specialists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
26% of air weapons specialists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
32% of air weapons specialists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
13% of air weapons specialists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars