Lodging managers 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, lodging managers rate their career happiness 2.9 out of 5 stars which puts them in the bottom 22% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy lodging managers 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Project manager | 3.1 | $80k |
| Travel agent | 3.0 | $31k |
| Customer success manager | 2.9 | $70k |
| Property manager | 2.9 | $46k |
| Real estate appraiser | 2.9 | $55k |
| Lodging manager | 2.9 | $47k |
| Street vendor | 2.9 | $4k |
| Office manager | 2.9 | $36k |
| Merchandiser | 2.9 | $26k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are lodging managers happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do lodging managers find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as lodging managers?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are lodging manager’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are lodging managers making the best use of their abilities?
Are lodging managers happy with their salary?
Lodging managers rated their satisfaction with their salaries 2.6/5. Lodging managers tend to be quite unhappy with their salary, with very few reporting satisfaction with their pay.
We asked lodging managers how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
2.6 out of 5 stars
559 lodging managers
7% of lodging managers rated their compensation 5 stars
17% of lodging managers rated their compensation 4 stars
29% of lodging managers rated their compensation 3 stars
25% of lodging managers rated their compensation 2 stars
22% of lodging managers rated their compensation 1 stars
Do lodging managers find their jobs meaningful?
On average, lodging managers rate the meaningfulness of their work a 2.5/5. The majority of lodging managers struggle to find any sort of meaning in their work, likely resulting in less satisfaction with the career overall.
We asked lodging managers how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
2.5 out of 5 stars
560 lodging managers
8% of lodging managers rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
14% of lodging managers rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
24% of lodging managers rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
28% of lodging managers rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
26% of lodging managers rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as lodging managers?
Lodging managers rated their personality fit with their work an average of 3.7/5. The majority of lodging managers find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked lodging managers how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
3.7 out of 5 stars
608 lodging managers
30% of lodging managers rated their career fit 5 stars
34% of lodging managers rated their career fit 4 stars
21% of lodging managers rated their career fit 3 stars
8% of lodging managers rated their career fit 2 stars
6% of lodging managers rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is a lodging manager’s work environment?
As a whole, lodging managers 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 lodging managers how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.3 out of 5 stars
608 lodging managers
18% of lodging managers rated their work environment 5 stars
32% of lodging managers rated their work environment 4 stars
26% of lodging managers rated their work environment 3 stars
15% of lodging managers rated their work environment 2 stars
10% of lodging managers rated their work environment 1 stars
Are lodging managers making the best use of their abilities?
Former lodging managers on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 2.9/5. Lodging managers tend to feel that they don’t manage to use their abilities to their fullest, when compared to other careers.
We asked lodging managers how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
2.9 out of 5 stars
608 lodging managers
11% of lodging managers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
19% of lodging managers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
33% of lodging managers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
23% of lodging managers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
14% of lodging managers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars