Editors rate their happiness above average.
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, editors rate their career happiness 3.4 out of 5 stars which puts them in the top 36% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy editors 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Writer | 4.1 | $8k |
| Television writer | 4.0 | $36k |
| Blogger | 3.8 | $26k |
| Journalist | 3.4 | $51k |
| Editor | 3.4 | $32k |
| Content manager | 3.2 | $70k |
| News reporter | 3.2 | $27k |
| Translator | 3.1 | $35k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are editors happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do editors find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as editors?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are editor’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are editors making the best use of their abilities?
Are editors happy with their salary?
Editors rated their satisfaction with their salaries 2.8/5. Editors tend to be quite unhappy with their salary, with very few reporting satisfaction with their pay.
We asked editors how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
2.8 out of 5 stars
2230 editors
10% of editors rated their compensation 5 stars
19% of editors rated their compensation 4 stars
30% of editors rated their compensation 3 stars
25% of editors rated their compensation 2 stars
17% of editors rated their compensation 1 stars
Do editors find their jobs meaningful?
On average, editors 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 editors how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
3.1 out of 5 stars
2253 editors
16% of editors rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
22% of editors rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
27% of editors rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
23% of editors rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
12% of editors rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as editors?
Editors rated their personality fit with their work an average of 4.0/5. The majority of editors find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked editors how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
4.0 out of 5 stars
2478 editors
35% of editors rated their career fit 5 stars
40% of editors rated their career fit 4 stars
18% of editors rated their career fit 3 stars
5% of editors rated their career fit 2 stars
2% of editors rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is an editor’s work environment?
As a whole, editors rated their enjoyment of their work environment 3.8/5. A solid majority of editors enjoy their work environment, probably contributing to overall higher satisfaction with working as an editor.
We asked editors how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.8 out of 5 stars
2468 editors
27% of editors rated their work environment 5 stars
37% of editors rated their work environment 4 stars
24% of editors rated their work environment 3 stars
9% of editors rated their work environment 2 stars
3% of editors rated their work environment 1 stars
Are editors making the best use of their abilities?
Former editors on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 3.4/5. Most editors surveyed find that they manage to use their abilities to their fullest as an editor, which helps contribute to higher career satisfaction in the long term.
We asked editors how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
3.4 out of 5 stars
2474 editors
21% of editors rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
29% of editors rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
27% of editors rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
17% of editors rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
6% of editors rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars