Dairy farm workers 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, dairy farm workers rate their career happiness 3.3 out of 5 stars which puts them in the top 46% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy dairy farm workers 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Animal control worker | 3.4 | $11k |
| Faller | 3.4 | $53k |
| Plasterer | 3.3 | $64k |
| Rigger | 3.3 | $26k |
| Dairy farmer | 3.2 | $26k |
| Agricultural engineer | 3.2 | $89k |
| Grain elevator worker | 3.2 | $7k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are dairy farm workers happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do dairy farm workers find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as dairy farm workers?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are dairy farm worker’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are dairy farm workers making the best use of their abilities?
Are dairy farm workers happy with their salary?
Dairy farm workers rated their satisfaction with their salaries 3.0/5. Few are explicitly unhappy with their salaries, with most dairy farm workers having generally positive views of their salary.
We asked dairy farm workers how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
3.0 out of 5 stars
27 dairy farm workers
11% of dairy farm workers rated their compensation 5 stars
33% of dairy farm workers rated their compensation 4 stars
19% of dairy farm workers rated their compensation 3 stars
19% of dairy farm workers rated their compensation 2 stars
19% of dairy farm workers rated their compensation 1 stars
Do dairy farm workers find their jobs meaningful?
On average, dairy farm workers 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 dairy farm workers how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
3.1 out of 5 stars
27 dairy farm workers
19% of dairy farm workers rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
22% of dairy farm workers rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
22% of dairy farm workers rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
22% of dairy farm workers rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
15% of dairy farm workers rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as dairy farm workers?
Dairy farm workers rated their personality fit with their work an average of 3.9/5. The majority of dairy farm workers find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked dairy farm workers how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
3.9 out of 5 stars
27 dairy farm workers
33% of dairy farm workers rated their career fit 5 stars
41% of dairy farm workers rated their career fit 4 stars
11% of dairy farm workers rated their career fit 3 stars
11% of dairy farm workers rated their career fit 2 stars
4% of dairy farm workers rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is a dairy farm worker’s work environment?
As a whole, dairy farm workers rated their enjoyment of their work environment 3.9/5. A solid majority of dairy farm workers enjoy their work environment, probably contributing to overall higher satisfaction with working as a dairy farm worker.
We asked dairy farm workers how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.9 out of 5 stars
27 dairy farm workers
33% of dairy farm workers rated their work environment 5 stars
30% of dairy farm workers rated their work environment 4 stars
26% of dairy farm workers rated their work environment 3 stars
11% of dairy farm workers rated their work environment 2 stars
Are dairy farm workers making the best use of their abilities?
Former dairy farm workers on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 3.0/5. Dairy farm workers tend to feel that they don’t manage to use their abilities to their fullest, when compared to other careers.
We asked dairy farm workers how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
3.0 out of 5 stars
27 dairy farm workers
22% of dairy farm workers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
7% of dairy farm workers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
33% of dairy farm workers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
26% of dairy farm workers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
11% of dairy farm workers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars