Anesthesiologist assistants are about average in terms of happiness.
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, anesthesiologist assistants rate their career happiness 3.2 out of 5 stars which puts them in the bottom 46% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy anesthesiologist assistants 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Radiation therapist | 3.2 | $84k |
| Community health worker | 3.2 | $28k |
| Medical assistant | 3.2 | $20k |
| Anesthesiologist assistant | 3.2 | $41k |
| Physical therapist assistant | 3.2 | $18k |
| Informatics nurse specialist | 3.2 | $89k |
| Family practitioner | 3.1 | $201k |
| Nurse practitioner | 3.1 | $121k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are anesthesiologist assistants happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do anesthesiologist assistants find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as anesthesiologist assistants?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are anesthesiologist assistant’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are anesthesiologist assistants making the best use of their abilities?
Are anesthesiologist assistants happy with their salary?
Anesthesiologist assistants rated their satisfaction with their salaries 3.2/5. Few are explicitly unhappy with their salaries, with most anesthesiologist assistants having generally positive views of their salary.
We asked anesthesiologist assistants how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
3.2 out of 5 stars
26 anesthesiologist assistants
19% of anesthesiologist assistants rated their compensation 5 stars
23% of anesthesiologist assistants rated their compensation 4 stars
27% of anesthesiologist assistants rated their compensation 3 stars
23% of anesthesiologist assistants rated their compensation 2 stars
8% of anesthesiologist assistants rated their compensation 1 stars
Do anesthesiologist assistants find their jobs meaningful?
On average, anesthesiologist assistants rate the meaningfulness of their work a 3.2/5. Most tend to be satisified with the level of meaning they find in their careers.
We asked anesthesiologist assistants how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
3.2 out of 5 stars
26 anesthesiologist assistants
15% of anesthesiologist assistants rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
27% of anesthesiologist assistants rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
31% of anesthesiologist assistants rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
19% of anesthesiologist assistants rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
8% of anesthesiologist assistants rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as anesthesiologist assistants?
Anesthesiologist assistants rated their personality fit with their work an average of 3.7/5. The majority of anesthesiologist assistants find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked anesthesiologist assistants how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
3.7 out of 5 stars
26 anesthesiologist assistants
19% of anesthesiologist assistants rated their career fit 5 stars
50% of anesthesiologist assistants rated their career fit 4 stars
23% of anesthesiologist assistants rated their career fit 3 stars
8% of anesthesiologist assistants rated their career fit 2 stars
How enjoyable is an anesthesiologist assistant’s work environment?
As a whole, anesthesiologist assistants rated their enjoyment of their work environment 3.7/5. A solid majority of anesthesiologist assistants enjoy their work environment, probably contributing to overall higher satisfaction with working as an anesthesiologist assistant.
We asked anesthesiologist assistants how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.7 out of 5 stars
26 anesthesiologist assistants
23% of anesthesiologist assistants rated their work environment 5 stars
50% of anesthesiologist assistants rated their work environment 4 stars
15% of anesthesiologist assistants rated their work environment 3 stars
12% of anesthesiologist assistants rated their work environment 2 stars
Are anesthesiologist assistants making the best use of their abilities?
Former anesthesiologist assistants on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 3.0/5. Anesthesiologist assistants tend to feel that they don’t manage to use their abilities to their fullest, when compared to other careers.
We asked anesthesiologist assistants how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
3.0 out of 5 stars
27 anesthesiologist assistants
15% of anesthesiologist assistants rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
19% of anesthesiologist assistants rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
26% of anesthesiologist assistants rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
30% of anesthesiologist assistants rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
11% of anesthesiologist assistants rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars