Hospitalists 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, hospitalists rate their career happiness 2.9 out of 5 stars which puts them in the bottom 26% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy hospitalists 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Diagnostic medical sonographer | 3.0 | $43k |
| Optometrist | 3.0 | $96k |
| Medical appliance technician | 2.9 | $41k |
| Medical laboratory technician | 2.9 | $45k |
| Radiologic technologist | 2.9 | $36k |
| Hospitalist | 2.9 | $201k |
| Respiratory therapist | 2.9 | $63k |
| Ophthalmic medical technician | 2.9 | $21k |
| Optician | 2.9 | $23k |
| Podiatrist | 2.9 | $141k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are hospitalists happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do hospitalists find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as hospitalists?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are hospitalist’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are hospitalists making the best use of their abilities?
Are hospitalists happy with their salary?
Hospitalists rated their satisfaction with their salaries 2.6/5. Hospitalists tend to be quite unhappy with their salary, with very few reporting satisfaction with their pay.
We asked hospitalists how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
2.6 out of 5 stars
141 hospitalists
7% of hospitalists rated their compensation 5 stars
18% of hospitalists rated their compensation 4 stars
26% of hospitalists rated their compensation 3 stars
24% of hospitalists rated their compensation 2 stars
25% of hospitalists rated their compensation 1 stars
Do hospitalists find their jobs meaningful?
On average, hospitalists rate the meaningfulness of their work a 2.6/5. While most hospitalists aren’t very fulfilled by their work, some people may still manage to find meaning in it.
We asked hospitalists how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
2.6 out of 5 stars
141 hospitalists
10% of hospitalists rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
18% of hospitalists rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
23% of hospitalists rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
25% of hospitalists rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
25% of hospitalists rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as hospitalists?
Hospitalists rated their personality fit with their work an average of 3.7/5. The majority of hospitalists find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked hospitalists how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
3.7 out of 5 stars
143 hospitalists
36% of hospitalists rated their career fit 5 stars
24% of hospitalists rated their career fit 4 stars
22% of hospitalists rated their career fit 3 stars
11% of hospitalists rated their career fit 2 stars
6% of hospitalists rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is a hospitalist’s work environment?
As a whole, hospitalists rated their enjoyment of their work environment 3.3/5. Most of them tend to enjoy, or at least not be actively bothered by, their work environment.
We asked hospitalists how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.3 out of 5 stars
140 hospitalists
21% of hospitalists rated their work environment 5 stars
24% of hospitalists rated their work environment 4 stars
31% of hospitalists rated their work environment 3 stars
17% of hospitalists rated their work environment 2 stars
7% of hospitalists rated their work environment 1 stars
Are hospitalists making the best use of their abilities?
Former hospitalists on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 2.7/5. Hospitalists tend to feel that they don’t manage to use their abilities to their fullest, when compared to other careers.
We asked hospitalists how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
2.7 out of 5 stars
141 hospitalists
11% of hospitalists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
18% of hospitalists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
25% of hospitalists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
26% of hospitalists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
20% of hospitalists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars