Broadcast engineers 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, broadcast engineers rate their career happiness 3.3 out of 5 stars which puts them in the top 42% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy broadcast engineers 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Technical product manager | 3.4 | $78k |
| Systems architect | 3.4 | $102k |
| Systems engineer | 3.4 | $100k |
| Network architect | 3.4 | $109k |
| Database architect | 3.3 | $90k |
| Broadcast engineer | 3.3 | $45k |
| Computer and information research scientist | 3.3 | $118k |
| Web designer | 3.3 | $52k |
| Web developer | 3.3 | $65k |
| Disaster recovery specialist | 3.3 | $41k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are broadcast engineers happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do broadcast engineers find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as broadcast engineers?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are broadcast engineer’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are broadcast engineers making the best use of their abilities?
Are broadcast engineers happy with their salary?
Broadcast engineers rated their satisfaction with their salaries 2.9/5. Broadcast engineers tend to be quite unhappy with their salary, with very few reporting satisfaction with their pay.
We asked broadcast engineers how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
2.9 out of 5 stars
168 broadcast engineers
13% of broadcast engineers rated their compensation 5 stars
23% of broadcast engineers rated their compensation 4 stars
28% of broadcast engineers rated their compensation 3 stars
18% of broadcast engineers rated their compensation 2 stars
18% of broadcast engineers rated their compensation 1 stars
Do broadcast engineers find their jobs meaningful?
On average, broadcast engineers rate the meaningfulness of their work a 3.0/5. While most broadcast engineers aren’t very fulfilled by their work, some people may still manage to find meaning in it.
We asked broadcast engineers how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
3.0 out of 5 stars
170 broadcast engineers
15% of broadcast engineers rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
21% of broadcast engineers rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
26% of broadcast engineers rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
26% of broadcast engineers rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
12% of broadcast engineers rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as broadcast engineers?
Broadcast engineers rated their personality fit with their work an average of 3.9/5. The majority of broadcast engineers find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked broadcast engineers how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
3.9 out of 5 stars
181 broadcast engineers
30% of broadcast engineers rated their career fit 5 stars
43% of broadcast engineers rated their career fit 4 stars
19% of broadcast engineers rated their career fit 3 stars
7% of broadcast engineers rated their career fit 2 stars
2% of broadcast engineers rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is a broadcast engineer’s work environment?
As a whole, broadcast engineers rated their enjoyment of their work environment 3.7/5. A solid majority of broadcast engineers enjoy their work environment, probably contributing to overall higher satisfaction with working as a broadcast engineer.
We asked broadcast engineers how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.7 out of 5 stars
179 broadcast engineers
23% of broadcast engineers rated their work environment 5 stars
41% of broadcast engineers rated their work environment 4 stars
21% of broadcast engineers rated their work environment 3 stars
11% of broadcast engineers rated their work environment 2 stars
3% of broadcast engineers rated their work environment 1 stars
Are broadcast engineers making the best use of their abilities?
Former broadcast engineers on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 3.1/5. Most broadcast engineers are satisfied with how well their abilities are skills are made of use.
We asked broadcast engineers how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
3.1 out of 5 stars
179 broadcast engineers
16% of broadcast engineers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
25% of broadcast engineers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
25% of broadcast engineers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
25% of broadcast engineers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
10% of broadcast engineers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars