Flight engineers 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, flight engineers rate their career happiness 3.6 out of 5 stars which puts them in the top 27% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy flight engineers 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nanotechnology engineer | 3.9 | $120k |
| Photonics engineer | 3.8 | $112k |
| Remote sensing technician | 3.6 | $57k |
| Farm equipment mechanic | 3.6 | $9k |
| Mechatronics engineer | 3.5 | $102k |
| Motorcycle mechanic | 3.5 | $39k |
| Computer hardware engineer | 3.5 | $95k |
| Aviation inspector | 3.5 | $78k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are flight engineers happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do flight engineers find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as flight engineers?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are flight engineer’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are flight engineers making the best use of their abilities?
Are flight engineers happy with their salary?
Flight engineers rated their satisfaction with their salaries 3.5/5. Flight engineers tend to be quite unhappy with their salary, with very few reporting satisfaction with their pay.
We asked flight engineers how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
3.5 out of 5 stars
24 flight engineers
21% of flight engineers rated their compensation 5 stars
29% of flight engineers rated their compensation 4 stars
33% of flight engineers rated their compensation 3 stars
17% of flight engineers rated their compensation 2 stars
Do flight engineers find their jobs meaningful?
On average, flight engineers rate the meaningfulness of their work a 3.4/5. Most tend to be satisified with the level of meaning they find in their careers.
We asked flight engineers how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
3.4 out of 5 stars
24 flight engineers
29% of flight engineers rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
21% of flight engineers rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
17% of flight engineers rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
25% of flight engineers rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
8% of flight engineers rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as flight engineers?
Flight engineers rated their personality fit with their work an average of 4.0/5. The majority of flight engineers find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked flight engineers how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
4.0 out of 5 stars
29 flight engineers
41% of flight engineers rated their career fit 5 stars
24% of flight engineers rated their career fit 4 stars
24% of flight engineers rated their career fit 3 stars
10% of flight engineers rated their career fit 2 stars
How enjoyable is a flight engineer’s work environment?
As a whole, flight engineers rated their enjoyment of their work environment 3.8/5. A solid majority of flight engineers enjoy their work environment, probably contributing to overall higher satisfaction with working as a flight engineer.
We asked flight engineers how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.8 out of 5 stars
29 flight engineers
28% of flight engineers rated their work environment 5 stars
38% of flight engineers rated their work environment 4 stars
24% of flight engineers rated their work environment 3 stars
10% of flight engineers rated their work environment 2 stars
Are flight engineers making the best use of their abilities?
Former flight engineers on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 3.7/5. Most flight engineers surveyed find that they manage to use their abilities to their fullest as a flight engineer, which helps contribute to higher career satisfaction in the long term.
We asked flight engineers how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
3.7 out of 5 stars
28 flight engineers
25% of flight engineers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
39% of flight engineers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
21% of flight engineers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
11% of flight engineers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
4% of flight engineers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars