Family practitioners 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, family practitioners rate their career happiness 3.1 out of 5 stars which puts them in the bottom 43% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy family practitioners 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Radiation therapist | 3.2 | $84k |
| Medical assistant | 3.2 | $20k |
| Anesthesiologist assistant | 3.2 | $41k |
| Informatics nurse specialist | 3.2 | $89k |
| Family practitioner | 3.1 | $201k |
| Nurse practitioner | 3.1 | $121k |
| Chiropractor | 3.1 | $56k |
| Prosthodontist | 3.1 | $234k |
| Pathologist | 3.1 | $201k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are family practitioners happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do family practitioners find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as family practitioners?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are family practitioner’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are family practitioners making the best use of their abilities?
Are family practitioners happy with their salary?
Family practitioners rated their satisfaction with their salaries 2.9/5. Family practitioners tend to be quite unhappy with their salary, with very few reporting satisfaction with their pay.
We asked family practitioners how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
2.9 out of 5 stars
19 family practitioners
11% of family practitioners rated their compensation 5 stars
21% of family practitioners rated their compensation 4 stars
21% of family practitioners rated their compensation 3 stars
37% of family practitioners rated their compensation 2 stars
11% of family practitioners rated their compensation 1 stars
Do family practitioners find their jobs meaningful?
On average, family practitioners rate the meaningfulness of their work a 3.6/5. Unlike many careers, family practitioners have little difficulty finding meaning in their work, and it likely constitutes one of the main reasons people become family practitioners.
We asked family practitioners how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
3.6 out of 5 stars
19 family practitioners
21% of family practitioners rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
42% of family practitioners rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
16% of family practitioners rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
16% of family practitioners rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
5% of family practitioners rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as family practitioners?
Family practitioners rated their personality fit with their work an average of 3.7/5. The majority of family practitioners find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked family practitioners how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
3.7 out of 5 stars
21 family practitioners
29% of family practitioners rated their career fit 5 stars
33% of family practitioners rated their career fit 4 stars
24% of family practitioners rated their career fit 3 stars
14% of family practitioners rated their career fit 2 stars
How enjoyable is a family practitioner’s work environment?
As a whole, family practitioners 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 family practitioners how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.2 out of 5 stars
20 family practitioners
10% of family practitioners rated their work environment 5 stars
30% of family practitioners rated their work environment 4 stars
35% of family practitioners rated their work environment 3 stars
20% of family practitioners rated their work environment 2 stars
5% of family practitioners rated their work environment 1 stars
Are family practitioners making the best use of their abilities?
Former family practitioners on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 3.3/5. Family practitioners tend to feel that they don’t manage to use their abilities to their fullest, when compared to other careers.
We asked family practitioners how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
3.3 out of 5 stars
20 family practitioners
10% of family practitioners rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
35% of family practitioners rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
30% of family practitioners rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
25% of family practitioners rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars