Customs inspectors 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, customs inspectors rate their career happiness 2.9 out of 5 stars which puts them in the bottom 21% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy customs inspectors 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bailiff | 3.1 | $53k |
| Court reporter | 3.0 | $57k |
| Fire inspector | 3.0 | $62k |
| Probation officer | 2.9 | $39k |
| Customs inspector | 2.9 | $88k |
| Legal secretary | 2.7 | $29k |
| Paralegal | 2.7 | $44k |
| Compliance manager | 2.7 | $83k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are customs inspectors happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do customs inspectors find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as customs inspectors?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are customs inspector’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are customs inspectors making the best use of their abilities?
Are customs inspectors happy with their salary?
Customs inspectors rated their satisfaction with their salaries 3.0/5. Few are explicitly unhappy with their salaries, with most customs inspectors having generally positive views of their salary.
We asked customs inspectors how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
3.0 out of 5 stars
62 customs inspectors
15% of customs inspectors rated their compensation 5 stars
26% of customs inspectors rated their compensation 4 stars
24% of customs inspectors rated their compensation 3 stars
18% of customs inspectors rated their compensation 2 stars
18% of customs inspectors rated their compensation 1 stars
Do customs inspectors find their jobs meaningful?
On average, customs inspectors rate the meaningfulness of their work a 2.7/5. While most customs inspectors aren’t very fulfilled by their work, some people may still manage to find meaning in it.
We asked customs inspectors how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
2.7 out of 5 stars
62 customs inspectors
13% of customs inspectors rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
16% of customs inspectors rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
26% of customs inspectors rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
21% of customs inspectors rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
24% of customs inspectors rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as customs inspectors?
Customs inspectors rated their personality fit with their work an average of 3.6/5. The majority of customs inspectors find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked customs inspectors how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
3.6 out of 5 stars
63 customs inspectors
22% of customs inspectors rated their career fit 5 stars
38% of customs inspectors rated their career fit 4 stars
21% of customs inspectors rated their career fit 3 stars
11% of customs inspectors rated their career fit 2 stars
8% of customs inspectors rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is a customs inspector’s work environment?
As a whole, customs inspectors 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 customs inspectors how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.2 out of 5 stars
64 customs inspectors
17% of customs inspectors rated their work environment 5 stars
25% of customs inspectors rated their work environment 4 stars
30% of customs inspectors rated their work environment 3 stars
13% of customs inspectors rated their work environment 2 stars
16% of customs inspectors rated their work environment 1 stars
Are customs inspectors making the best use of their abilities?
Former customs inspectors on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 2.6/5. Most feel that their skills are being underutilized in the career, probably leading to more general dissatisfaction with being a customs inspector.
We asked customs inspectors how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
2.6 out of 5 stars
64 customs inspectors
9% of customs inspectors rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
13% of customs inspectors rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
27% of customs inspectors rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
30% of customs inspectors rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
22% of customs inspectors rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars