Cardiovascular technologists 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, cardiovascular technologists rate their career happiness 2.9 out of 5 stars which puts them in the bottom 22% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy cardiovascular technologists 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Respiratory therapist | 2.9 | $63k |
| Ophthalmic medical technician | 2.9 | $21k |
| Audiologist | 2.9 | $92k |
| Optician | 2.9 | $23k |
| Podiatrist | 2.9 | $141k |
| Cardiovascular technologist | 2.9 | $59k |
| Orthotist | 2.9 | $71k |
| Clinical research coordinator | 2.8 | $54k |
| Licensed practical nurse | 2.8 | $41k |
| Medical laboratory technologist | 2.8 | $65k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are cardiovascular technologists happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do cardiovascular technologists find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as cardiovascular technologists?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are cardiovascular technologist’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are cardiovascular technologists making the best use of their abilities?
Are cardiovascular technologists happy with their salary?
Cardiovascular technologists rated their satisfaction with their salaries 3.0/5. Cardiovascular technologists tend to be quite unhappy with their salary, with very few reporting satisfaction with their pay.
We asked cardiovascular technologists how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
3.0 out of 5 stars
32 cardiovascular technologists
13% of cardiovascular technologists rated their compensation 5 stars
22% of cardiovascular technologists rated their compensation 4 stars
31% of cardiovascular technologists rated their compensation 3 stars
25% of cardiovascular technologists rated their compensation 2 stars
9% of cardiovascular technologists rated their compensation 1 stars
Do cardiovascular technologists find their jobs meaningful?
On average, cardiovascular technologists rate the meaningfulness of their work a 3.1/5. Most tend to be satisified with the level of meaning they find in their careers.
We asked cardiovascular technologists how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
3.1 out of 5 stars
32 cardiovascular technologists
16% of cardiovascular technologists rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
25% of cardiovascular technologists rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
31% of cardiovascular technologists rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
9% of cardiovascular technologists rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
19% of cardiovascular technologists rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as cardiovascular technologists?
Cardiovascular technologists rated their personality fit with their work an average of 3.7/5. The majority of cardiovascular technologists find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked cardiovascular technologists how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
3.7 out of 5 stars
32 cardiovascular technologists
16% of cardiovascular technologists rated their career fit 5 stars
50% of cardiovascular technologists rated their career fit 4 stars
25% of cardiovascular technologists rated their career fit 3 stars
3% of cardiovascular technologists rated their career fit 2 stars
6% of cardiovascular technologists rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is a cardiovascular technologist’s work environment?
As a whole, cardiovascular technologists rated their enjoyment of their work environment 3.2/5. Most of them tend to enjoy, or at least not be actively bothered by, their work environment.
We asked cardiovascular technologists how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.2 out of 5 stars
32 cardiovascular technologists
19% of cardiovascular technologists rated their work environment 5 stars
22% of cardiovascular technologists rated their work environment 4 stars
28% of cardiovascular technologists rated their work environment 3 stars
22% of cardiovascular technologists rated their work environment 2 stars
9% of cardiovascular technologists rated their work environment 1 stars
Are cardiovascular technologists making the best use of their abilities?
Former cardiovascular technologists on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 3.1/5. Most cardiovascular technologists are satisfied with how well their abilities are skills are made of use.
We asked cardiovascular technologists how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
3.1 out of 5 stars
32 cardiovascular technologists
13% of cardiovascular technologists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
25% of cardiovascular technologists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
28% of cardiovascular technologists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
28% of cardiovascular technologists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
6% of cardiovascular technologists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars