Boilermakers 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, boilermakers rate their career happiness 2.9 out of 5 stars which puts them in the bottom 28% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy boilermakers 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Industrial machinery mechanic | 3.0 | $50k |
| Electrician | 3.0 | $27k |
| Elevator mechanic | 2.9 | $104k |
| Rotary drill operator | 2.9 | $63k |
| Stonemason | 2.9 | $32k |
| Boilermaker | 2.9 | $70k |
| Drafter | 2.9 | $45k |
| Sailor | 2.9 | $42k |
| Ironworker | 2.9 | $44k |
| Quarry rock splitter | 2.9 | $47k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are boilermakers happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do boilermakers find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as boilermakers?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are boilermaker’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are boilermakers making the best use of their abilities?
Are boilermakers happy with their salary?
Boilermakers rated their satisfaction with their salaries 3.6/5. The majority of boilermakers are quite happy with their salaries, with very few having complaints about their income level.
We asked boilermakers how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
3.6 out of 5 stars
75 boilermakers
29% of boilermakers rated their compensation 5 stars
33% of boilermakers rated their compensation 4 stars
15% of boilermakers rated their compensation 3 stars
15% of boilermakers rated their compensation 2 stars
8% of boilermakers rated their compensation 1 stars
Do boilermakers find their jobs meaningful?
On average, boilermakers rate the meaningfulness of their work a 2.6/5. The majority of boilermakers struggle to find any sort of meaning in their work, likely resulting in less satisfaction with the career overall.
We asked boilermakers how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
2.6 out of 5 stars
76 boilermakers
13% of boilermakers rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
7% of boilermakers rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
26% of boilermakers rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
30% of boilermakers rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
24% of boilermakers rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as boilermakers?
Boilermakers rated their personality fit with their work an average of 3.7/5. The majority of boilermakers find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked boilermakers how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
3.7 out of 5 stars
80 boilermakers
26% of boilermakers rated their career fit 5 stars
35% of boilermakers rated their career fit 4 stars
25% of boilermakers rated their career fit 3 stars
13% of boilermakers rated their career fit 2 stars
1% of boilermakers rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is a boilermaker’s work environment?
As a whole, boilermakers 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 boilermakers how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.3 out of 5 stars
79 boilermakers
23% of boilermakers rated their work environment 5 stars
22% of boilermakers rated their work environment 4 stars
29% of boilermakers rated their work environment 3 stars
14% of boilermakers rated their work environment 2 stars
13% of boilermakers rated their work environment 1 stars
Are boilermakers making the best use of their abilities?
Former boilermakers on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 3.1/5. Most boilermakers are satisfied with how well their abilities are skills are made of use.
We asked boilermakers how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
3.1 out of 5 stars
79 boilermakers
19% of boilermakers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
20% of boilermakers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
28% of boilermakers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
20% of boilermakers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
13% of boilermakers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars