Hazardous materials removal workers 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, hazardous materials removal workers rate their career happiness 2.6 out of 5 stars which puts them in the bottom 9% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy hazardous materials removal 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mining machine operator | 2.7 | $62k |
| Machinist | 2.7 | $28k |
| Truck driver | 2.7 | $49k |
| Construction worker | 2.7 | $12k |
| Cargo and freight agent | 2.7 | $48k |
| Hazardous materials removal worker | 2.6 | $36k |
| Traffic technician | 2.6 | $47k |
| Recreational vehicle service technician | 2.6 | $45k |
| Derrick operator | 2.6 | $65k |
| Drywall installer | 2.6 | $13k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are hazardous materials removal workers happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do hazardous materials removal workers find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as hazardous materials removal workers?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are hazardous materials removal worker’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are hazardous materials removal workers making the best use of their abilities?
Are hazardous materials removal workers happy with their salary?
Hazardous materials removal workers rated their satisfaction with their salaries 3.2/5. Few are explicitly unhappy with their salaries, with most hazardous materials removal workers having generally positive views of their salary.
We asked hazardous materials removal workers how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
3.2 out of 5 stars
46 hazardous materials removal workers
22% of hazardous materials removal workers rated their compensation 5 stars
22% of hazardous materials removal workers rated their compensation 4 stars
20% of hazardous materials removal workers rated their compensation 3 stars
24% of hazardous materials removal workers rated their compensation 2 stars
13% of hazardous materials removal workers rated their compensation 1 stars
Do hazardous materials removal workers find their jobs meaningful?
On average, hazardous materials removal workers rate the meaningfulness of their work a 2.5/5. The majority of hazardous materials removal workers struggle to find any sort of meaning in their work, likely resulting in less satisfaction with the career overall.
We asked hazardous materials removal workers how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
2.5 out of 5 stars
47 hazardous materials removal workers
11% of hazardous materials removal workers rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
11% of hazardous materials removal workers rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
26% of hazardous materials removal workers rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
21% of hazardous materials removal workers rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
32% of hazardous materials removal workers rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as hazardous materials removal workers?
Hazardous materials removal workers rated their personality fit with their work an average of 3.5/5. The majority of hazardous materials removal workers find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked hazardous materials removal workers how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
3.5 out of 5 stars
50 hazardous materials removal workers
24% of hazardous materials removal workers rated their career fit 5 stars
34% of hazardous materials removal workers rated their career fit 4 stars
22% of hazardous materials removal workers rated their career fit 3 stars
12% of hazardous materials removal workers rated their career fit 2 stars
8% of hazardous materials removal workers rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is a hazardous materials removal worker’s work environment?
As a whole, hazardous materials removal workers rated their enjoyment of their work environment 3.1/5. Most of them tend to enjoy, or at least not be actively bothered by, their work environment.
We asked hazardous materials removal workers how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.1 out of 5 stars
50 hazardous materials removal workers
16% of hazardous materials removal workers rated their work environment 5 stars
26% of hazardous materials removal workers rated their work environment 4 stars
22% of hazardous materials removal workers rated their work environment 3 stars
24% of hazardous materials removal workers rated their work environment 2 stars
12% of hazardous materials removal workers rated their work environment 1 stars
Are hazardous materials removal workers making the best use of their abilities?
Former hazardous materials removal workers on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 2.6/5. Hazardous materials removal workers tend to feel that they don’t manage to use their abilities to their fullest, when compared to other careers.
We asked hazardous materials removal workers how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
2.6 out of 5 stars
50 hazardous materials removal workers
12% of hazardous materials removal workers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
16% of hazardous materials removal workers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
24% of hazardous materials removal workers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
20% of hazardous materials removal workers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
28% of hazardous materials removal workers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars