Glaziers are one of the least happy careers in the United States.
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, glaziers rate their career happiness 2.6 out of 5 stars which puts them in the bottom 6% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy glaziers 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Recreational vehicle service technician | 2.6 | $45k |
| Derrick operator | 2.6 | $65k |
| Drywall installer | 2.6 | $13k |
| Roofer | 2.6 | $12k |
| Butcher | 2.6 | $13k |
| Glazier | 2.6 | $29k |
| Exterminator | 2.5 | $43k |
| Forklift operator | 2.5 | $25k |
| Metal worker | 2.5 | $15k |
| Machine assembler | 2.4 | $26k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are glaziers happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do glaziers find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as glaziers?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are glazier’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are glaziers making the best use of their abilities?
Are glaziers happy with their salary?
Glaziers rated their satisfaction with their salaries 2.9/5. Glaziers tend to be quite unhappy with their salary, with very few reporting satisfaction with their pay.
We asked glaziers how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
2.9 out of 5 stars
61 glaziers
18% of glaziers rated their compensation 5 stars
18% of glaziers rated their compensation 4 stars
25% of glaziers rated their compensation 3 stars
16% of glaziers rated their compensation 2 stars
23% of glaziers rated their compensation 1 stars
Do glaziers find their jobs meaningful?
On average, glaziers rate the meaningfulness of their work a 2.0/5. The majority of glaziers struggle to find any sort of meaning in their work, likely resulting in less satisfaction with the career overall.
We asked glaziers how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
2.0 out of 5 stars
61 glaziers
5% of glaziers rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
5% of glaziers rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
25% of glaziers rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
21% of glaziers rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
44% of glaziers rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as glaziers?
Glaziers rated their personality fit with their work an average of 3.4/5. The majority of glaziers find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked glaziers how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
3.4 out of 5 stars
64 glaziers
20% of glaziers rated their career fit 5 stars
31% of glaziers rated their career fit 4 stars
23% of glaziers rated their career fit 3 stars
20% of glaziers rated their career fit 2 stars
5% of glaziers rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is a glazier’s work environment?
As a whole, glaziers 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 glaziers how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.2 out of 5 stars
63 glaziers
11% of glaziers rated their work environment 5 stars
32% of glaziers rated their work environment 4 stars
30% of glaziers rated their work environment 3 stars
19% of glaziers rated their work environment 2 stars
8% of glaziers rated their work environment 1 stars
Are glaziers making the best use of their abilities?
Former glaziers on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 2.4/5. Most feel that their skills are being underutilized in the career, probably leading to more general dissatisfaction with being a glazier.
We asked glaziers how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
2.4 out of 5 stars
61 glaziers
8% of glaziers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
13% of glaziers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
26% of glaziers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
20% of glaziers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
33% of glaziers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars