Industrial organizational psychologists are one of the happiest 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, industrial organizational psychologists rate their career happiness 3.9 out of 5 stars which puts them in the top 13% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy industrial organizational psychologists 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Motivational speaker | 4.3 | $55k |
| Industrial organizational psychologist | 3.9 | $143k |
| Counseling psychologist | 3.6 | $80k |
| Counselor | 3.5 | $20k |
| CFO | 3.4 | $100k |
| Franchise owner | 3.4 | $58k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are industrial organizational psychologists happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do industrial organizational psychologists find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as industrial organizational psychologists?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are industrial organizational psychologist’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are industrial organizational psychologists making the best use of their abilities?
Are industrial organizational psychologists happy with their salary?
Industrial organizational psychologists rated their satisfaction with their salaries 3.7/5. The majority of industrial organizational psychologists are quite happy with their salaries, with very few having complaints about their income level.
We asked industrial organizational psychologists how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
3.7 out of 5 stars
66 industrial organizational psychologists
29% of industrial organizational psychologists rated their compensation 5 stars
33% of industrial organizational psychologists rated their compensation 4 stars
21% of industrial organizational psychologists rated their compensation 3 stars
14% of industrial organizational psychologists rated their compensation 2 stars
3% of industrial organizational psychologists rated their compensation 1 stars
Do industrial organizational psychologists find their jobs meaningful?
On average, industrial organizational psychologists rate the meaningfulness of their work a 3.7/5. Unlike many careers, industrial organizational psychologists have little difficulty finding meaning in their work, and it likely constitutes one of the main reasons people become industrial organizational psychologists.
We asked industrial organizational psychologists how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
3.7 out of 5 stars
66 industrial organizational psychologists
33% of industrial organizational psychologists rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
21% of industrial organizational psychologists rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
27% of industrial organizational psychologists rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
12% of industrial organizational psychologists rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
6% of industrial organizational psychologists rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as industrial organizational psychologists?
Industrial organizational psychologists rated their personality fit with their work an average of 4.2/5. The majority of industrial organizational psychologists find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked industrial organizational psychologists how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
4.2 out of 5 stars
76 industrial organizational psychologists
43% of industrial organizational psychologists rated their career fit 5 stars
38% of industrial organizational psychologists rated their career fit 4 stars
14% of industrial organizational psychologists rated their career fit 3 stars
3% of industrial organizational psychologists rated their career fit 2 stars
1% of industrial organizational psychologists rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is an industrial organizational psychologist’s work environment?
As a whole, industrial organizational psychologists rated their enjoyment of their work environment 3.9/5. A solid majority of industrial organizational psychologists enjoy their work environment, probably contributing to overall higher satisfaction with working as an industrial organizational psychologist.
We asked industrial organizational psychologists how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.9 out of 5 stars
72 industrial organizational psychologists
35% of industrial organizational psychologists rated their work environment 5 stars
38% of industrial organizational psychologists rated their work environment 4 stars
19% of industrial organizational psychologists rated their work environment 3 stars
4% of industrial organizational psychologists rated their work environment 2 stars
4% of industrial organizational psychologists rated their work environment 1 stars
Are industrial organizational psychologists making the best use of their abilities?
Former industrial organizational psychologists on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 3.8/5. Most industrial organizational psychologists surveyed find that they manage to use their abilities to their fullest as an industrial organizational psychologist, which helps contribute to higher career satisfaction in the long term.
We asked industrial organizational psychologists how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
3.8 out of 5 stars
74 industrial organizational psychologists
32% of industrial organizational psychologists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
30% of industrial organizational psychologists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
23% of industrial organizational psychologists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
11% of industrial organizational psychologists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
4% of industrial organizational psychologists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars