Dairy farmers 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 farmers rate their career happiness 3.2 out of 5 stars which puts them in the top 49% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy dairy farmers 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Dog groomer | 3.2 | $32k |
| Agricultural worker | 3.2 | $6k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are dairy farmers happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do dairy farmers find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as dairy farmers?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are dairy farmer’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are dairy farmers making the best use of their abilities?
Are dairy farmers happy with their salary?
Dairy farmers rated their satisfaction with their salaries 3.0/5. Few are explicitly unhappy with their salaries, with most dairy farmers having generally positive views of their salary.
We asked dairy farmers how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
3.0 out of 5 stars
151 dairy farmers
11% of dairy farmers rated their compensation 5 stars
28% of dairy farmers rated their compensation 4 stars
25% of dairy farmers rated their compensation 3 stars
21% of dairy farmers rated their compensation 2 stars
16% of dairy farmers rated their compensation 1 stars
Do dairy farmers find their jobs meaningful?
On average, dairy farmers rate the meaningfulness of their work a 3.2/5. Most tend to be satisified with the level of meaning they find in their careers.
We asked dairy farmers how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
3.2 out of 5 stars
152 dairy farmers
18% of dairy farmers rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
27% of dairy farmers rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
23% of dairy farmers rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
17% of dairy farmers rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
14% of dairy farmers rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as dairy farmers?
Dairy farmers rated their personality fit with their work an average of 4.0/5. The majority of dairy farmers find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked dairy farmers how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
4.0 out of 5 stars
168 dairy farmers
36% of dairy farmers rated their career fit 5 stars
38% of dairy farmers rated their career fit 4 stars
15% of dairy farmers rated their career fit 3 stars
7% of dairy farmers rated their career fit 2 stars
4% of dairy farmers rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is a dairy farmer’s work environment?
As a whole, dairy farmers rated their enjoyment of their work environment 3.7/5. A solid majority of dairy farmers enjoy their work environment, probably contributing to overall higher satisfaction with working as a dairy farmer.
We asked dairy farmers how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.7 out of 5 stars
169 dairy farmers
31% of dairy farmers rated their work environment 5 stars
30% of dairy farmers rated their work environment 4 stars
24% of dairy farmers rated their work environment 3 stars
9% of dairy farmers rated their work environment 2 stars
5% of dairy farmers rated their work environment 1 stars
Are dairy farmers making the best use of their abilities?
Former dairy farmers on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 3.1/5. Most dairy farmers are satisfied with how well their abilities are skills are made of use.
We asked dairy farmers how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
3.1 out of 5 stars
168 dairy farmers
15% of dairy farmers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
26% of dairy farmers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
30% of dairy farmers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
18% of dairy farmers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
11% of dairy farmers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars