Histotechnologists 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, histotechnologists rate their career happiness 2.6 out of 5 stars which puts them in the bottom 8% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy histotechnologists 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Neurodiagnostic technologist | 2.8 | $63k |
| Clinical nurse specialist | 2.8 | $83k |
| Medical billing and coding technician | 2.7 | $40k |
| Nuclear medicine technologist | 2.7 | $89k |
| Pharmacist | 2.7 | $107k |
| Histotechnologist | 2.6 | $61k |
| Cytogenetic technologist | 2.6 | $61k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are histotechnologists happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do histotechnologists find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as histotechnologists?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are histotechnologist’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are histotechnologists making the best use of their abilities?
Are histotechnologists happy with their salary?
Histotechnologists rated their satisfaction with their salaries 3.1/5. Few are explicitly unhappy with their salaries, with most histotechnologists having generally positive views of their salary.
We asked histotechnologists how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
3.1 out of 5 stars
41 histotechnologists
12% of histotechnologists rated their compensation 5 stars
27% of histotechnologists rated their compensation 4 stars
34% of histotechnologists rated their compensation 3 stars
17% of histotechnologists rated their compensation 2 stars
10% of histotechnologists rated their compensation 1 stars
Do histotechnologists find their jobs meaningful?
On average, histotechnologists rate the meaningfulness of their work a 2.5/5. The majority of histotechnologists struggle to find any sort of meaning in their work, likely resulting in less satisfaction with the career overall.
We asked histotechnologists how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
2.5 out of 5 stars
42 histotechnologists
7% of histotechnologists rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
17% of histotechnologists rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
17% of histotechnologists rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
33% of histotechnologists rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
26% of histotechnologists rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as histotechnologists?
Histotechnologists rated their personality fit with their work an average of 3.5/5. The majority of histotechnologists find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked histotechnologists how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
3.5 out of 5 stars
45 histotechnologists
16% of histotechnologists rated their career fit 5 stars
36% of histotechnologists rated their career fit 4 stars
36% of histotechnologists rated their career fit 3 stars
9% of histotechnologists rated their career fit 2 stars
4% of histotechnologists rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is a histotechnologist’s work environment?
As a whole, histotechnologists 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 histotechnologists how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.1 out of 5 stars
45 histotechnologists
18% of histotechnologists rated their work environment 5 stars
24% of histotechnologists rated their work environment 4 stars
24% of histotechnologists rated their work environment 3 stars
20% of histotechnologists rated their work environment 2 stars
13% of histotechnologists rated their work environment 1 stars
Are histotechnologists making the best use of their abilities?
Former histotechnologists on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 2.6/5. Histotechnologists tend to feel that they don’t manage to use their abilities to their fullest, when compared to other careers.
We asked histotechnologists how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
2.6 out of 5 stars
46 histotechnologists
4% of histotechnologists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
15% of histotechnologists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
33% of histotechnologists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
28% of histotechnologists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
20% of histotechnologists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars