Forest and conservation workers 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, forest and conservation workers rate their career happiness 3.7 out of 5 stars which puts them in the top 21% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy forest and conservation 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Park naturalist | 4.0 | $19k |
| Forest and conservation worker | 3.7 | $21k |
| Wildlife enforcement officer | 3.6 | $56k |
| Park ranger | 3.6 | $28k |
| Climate change analyst | 3.6 | $73k |
| Horticulturist | 3.6 | $43k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are forest and conservation workers happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do forest and conservation workers find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as forest and conservation workers?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are forest and conservation worker’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are forest and conservation workers making the best use of their abilities?
Are forest and conservation workers happy with their salary?
Forest and conservation workers rated their satisfaction with their salaries 2.9/5. Forest and conservation workers tend to be quite unhappy with their salary, with very few reporting satisfaction with their pay.
We asked forest and conservation workers how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
2.9 out of 5 stars
147 forest and conservation workers
7% of forest and conservation workers rated their compensation 5 stars
24% of forest and conservation workers rated their compensation 4 stars
31% of forest and conservation workers rated their compensation 3 stars
25% of forest and conservation workers rated their compensation 2 stars
14% of forest and conservation workers rated their compensation 1 stars
Do forest and conservation workers find their jobs meaningful?
On average, forest and conservation workers rate the meaningfulness of their work a 3.6/5. Unlike many careers, forest and conservation workers have little difficulty finding meaning in their work, and it likely constitutes one of the main reasons people become forest and conservation workers.
We asked forest and conservation workers how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
3.6 out of 5 stars
149 forest and conservation workers
23% of forest and conservation workers rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
33% of forest and conservation workers rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
28% of forest and conservation workers rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
9% of forest and conservation workers rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
7% of forest and conservation workers rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as forest and conservation workers?
Forest and conservation workers rated their personality fit with their work an average of 4.0/5. The majority of forest and conservation workers find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked forest and conservation workers how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
4.0 out of 5 stars
157 forest and conservation workers
38% of forest and conservation workers rated their career fit 5 stars
35% of forest and conservation workers rated their career fit 4 stars
19% of forest and conservation workers rated their career fit 3 stars
5% of forest and conservation workers rated their career fit 2 stars
3% of forest and conservation workers rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is a forest and conservation worker’s work environment?
As a whole, forest and conservation workers rated their enjoyment of their work environment 4.1/5. A solid majority of forest and conservation workers enjoy their work environment, probably contributing to overall higher satisfaction with working as a forest and conservation worker.
We asked forest and conservation workers how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
4.1 out of 5 stars
157 forest and conservation workers
43% of forest and conservation workers rated their work environment 5 stars
35% of forest and conservation workers rated their work environment 4 stars
13% of forest and conservation workers rated their work environment 3 stars
5% of forest and conservation workers rated their work environment 2 stars
4% of forest and conservation workers rated their work environment 1 stars
Are forest and conservation workers making the best use of their abilities?
Former forest and conservation workers on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 3.2/5. Most forest and conservation workers are satisfied with how well their abilities are skills are made of use.
We asked forest and conservation workers how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
3.2 out of 5 stars
156 forest and conservation workers
12% of forest and conservation workers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
30% of forest and conservation workers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
31% of forest and conservation workers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
21% of forest and conservation workers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
7% of forest and conservation workers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars