Bakers are below average when it comes to 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, bakers rate their career happiness 3.1 out of 5 stars which puts them in the bottom 37% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy bakers 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Personal chef | 3.6 | $37k |
| Cake designer | 3.6 | $22k |
| Sommelier | 3.4 | $41k |
| Pastry chef | 3.2 | $26k |
| Baker | 3.1 | $6k |
| Bartender | 3.0 | $26k |
| Culinary chef | 2.9 | $21k |
| Barista | 2.9 | $18k |
| Caterer | 2.9 | $28k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are bakers happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do bakers find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as bakers?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are baker’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are bakers making the best use of their abilities?
Are bakers happy with their salary?
Bakers rated their satisfaction with their salaries 2.6/5. Bakers tend to be quite unhappy with their salary, with very few reporting satisfaction with their pay.
We asked bakers how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
2.6 out of 5 stars
1422 bakers
8% of bakers rated their compensation 5 stars
16% of bakers rated their compensation 4 stars
27% of bakers rated their compensation 3 stars
26% of bakers rated their compensation 2 stars
23% of bakers rated their compensation 1 stars
Do bakers find their jobs meaningful?
On average, bakers rate the meaningfulness of their work a 2.6/5. The majority of bakers struggle to find any sort of meaning in their work, likely resulting in less satisfaction with the career overall.
We asked bakers how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
2.6 out of 5 stars
1433 bakers
9% of bakers rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
15% of bakers rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
23% of bakers rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
27% of bakers rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
24% of bakers rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as bakers?
Bakers rated their personality fit with their work an average of 3.8/5. The majority of bakers find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked bakers how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
3.8 out of 5 stars
1536 bakers
30% of bakers rated their career fit 5 stars
36% of bakers rated their career fit 4 stars
21% of bakers rated their career fit 3 stars
8% of bakers rated their career fit 2 stars
6% of bakers rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is a baker’s work environment?
As a whole, bakers 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 bakers how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.3 out of 5 stars
1539 bakers
18% of bakers rated their work environment 5 stars
32% of bakers rated their work environment 4 stars
25% of bakers rated their work environment 3 stars
16% of bakers rated their work environment 2 stars
10% of bakers rated their work environment 1 stars
Are bakers making the best use of their abilities?
Former bakers on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 2.9/5. Bakers tend to feel that they don’t manage to use their abilities to their fullest, when compared to other careers.
We asked bakers how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
2.9 out of 5 stars
1535 bakers
14% of bakers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
20% of bakers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
25% of bakers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
23% of bakers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
19% of bakers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars