Hearing aid specialists are below average when it comes to 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, hearing aid specialists rate their career happiness 2.9 out of 5 stars which puts them in the bottom 28% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy hearing aid specialists 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Occupational therapist assistant | 3.0 | $52k |
| Dental assistant | 3.0 | $18k |
| Medical transcriptionist | 3.0 | $18k |
| Diagnostic medical sonographer | 3.0 | $43k |
| Optometrist | 3.0 | $96k |
| Hearing aid specialist | 2.9 | $60k |
| Occupational health specialist | 2.9 | $73k |
| Medical appliance technician | 2.9 | $41k |
| Occupational therapist | 2.9 | $66k |
| Registered dietitian | 2.9 | $53k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are hearing aid specialists happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do hearing aid specialists find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as hearing aid specialists?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are hearing aid specialist’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are hearing aid specialists making the best use of their abilities?
Are hearing aid specialists happy with their salary?
Hearing aid specialists rated their satisfaction with their salaries 3.3/5. Few are explicitly unhappy with their salaries, with most hearing aid specialists having generally positive views of their salary.
We asked hearing aid specialists how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
3.3 out of 5 stars
32 hearing aid specialists
19% of hearing aid specialists rated their compensation 5 stars
28% of hearing aid specialists rated their compensation 4 stars
28% of hearing aid specialists rated their compensation 3 stars
19% of hearing aid specialists rated their compensation 2 stars
6% of hearing aid specialists rated their compensation 1 stars
Do hearing aid specialists find their jobs meaningful?
On average, hearing aid specialists rate the meaningfulness of their work a 3.1/5. Most tend to be satisified with the level of meaning they find in their careers.
We asked hearing aid specialists how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
3.1 out of 5 stars
32 hearing aid specialists
16% of hearing aid specialists rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
25% of hearing aid specialists rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
28% of hearing aid specialists rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
16% of hearing aid specialists rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
16% of hearing aid specialists rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as hearing aid specialists?
Hearing aid specialists rated their personality fit with their work an average of 3.9/5. The majority of hearing aid specialists find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked hearing aid specialists how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
3.9 out of 5 stars
34 hearing aid specialists
35% of hearing aid specialists rated their career fit 5 stars
32% of hearing aid specialists rated their career fit 4 stars
21% of hearing aid specialists rated their career fit 3 stars
9% of hearing aid specialists rated their career fit 2 stars
3% of hearing aid specialists rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is a hearing aid specialist’s work environment?
As a whole, hearing aid specialists rated their enjoyment of their work environment 3.6/5. A solid majority of hearing aid specialists enjoy their work environment, probably contributing to overall higher satisfaction with working as a hearing aid specialist.
We asked hearing aid specialists how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.6 out of 5 stars
34 hearing aid specialists
26% of hearing aid specialists rated their work environment 5 stars
32% of hearing aid specialists rated their work environment 4 stars
21% of hearing aid specialists rated their work environment 3 stars
12% of hearing aid specialists rated their work environment 2 stars
9% of hearing aid specialists rated their work environment 1 stars
Are hearing aid specialists making the best use of their abilities?
Former hearing aid specialists on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 3.3/5. Most hearing aid specialists surveyed find that they manage to use their abilities to their fullest as a hearing aid specialist, which helps contribute to higher career satisfaction in the long term.
We asked hearing aid specialists how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
3.3 out of 5 stars
34 hearing aid specialists
12% of hearing aid specialists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
41% of hearing aid specialists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
24% of hearing aid specialists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
15% of hearing aid specialists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
9% of hearing aid specialists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars