Molding and casting workers 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, molding and casting workers rate their career happiness 2.3 out of 5 stars which puts them in the bottom 2% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy molding and casting workers 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Metal worker | 2.5 | $15k |
| Machine assembler | 2.4 | $26k |
| Garbage collector | 2.4 | $15k |
| Vehicle cleaner | 2.4 | $9k |
| Drill press operator | 2.3 | $42k |
| Molding and casting worker | 2.3 | $17k |
| Dyeing machine operator | 2.2 | $13k |
| Machine feeder | 2.1 | $8k |
| Ship loader | 1.9 | $49k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are molding and casting workers happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do molding and casting workers find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as molding and casting workers?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are molding and casting worker’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are molding and casting workers making the best use of their abilities?
Are molding and casting workers happy with their salary?
Molding and casting workers rated their satisfaction with their salaries 2.4/5. Most molding and casting workers do not feel that their salaries adequately reflect their work, and are actively unhappy with their income.
We asked molding and casting workers how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
2.4 out of 5 stars
37 molding and casting workers
8% of molding and casting workers rated their compensation 5 stars
11% of molding and casting workers rated their compensation 4 stars
30% of molding and casting workers rated their compensation 3 stars
19% of molding and casting workers rated their compensation 2 stars
32% of molding and casting workers rated their compensation 1 stars
Do molding and casting workers find their jobs meaningful?
On average, molding and casting workers rate the meaningfulness of their work a 1.9/5. The majority of molding and casting workers struggle to find any sort of meaning in their work, likely resulting in less satisfaction with the career overall.
We asked molding and casting workers how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
1.9 out of 5 stars
37 molding and casting workers
5% of molding and casting workers rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
5% of molding and casting workers rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
11% of molding and casting workers rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
27% of molding and casting workers rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
51% of molding and casting workers rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as molding and casting workers?
Molding and casting workers rated their personality fit with their work an average of 3.5/5. The majority of molding and casting workers don’t see personality fit as a hinderence in their career.
We asked molding and casting workers how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
3.5 out of 5 stars
38 molding and casting workers
26% of molding and casting workers rated their career fit 5 stars
24% of molding and casting workers rated their career fit 4 stars
32% of molding and casting workers rated their career fit 3 stars
8% of molding and casting workers rated their career fit 2 stars
11% of molding and casting workers rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is a molding and casting worker’s work environment?
As a whole, molding and casting workers rated their enjoyment of their work environment 3.0/5. Most of them tend to enjoy, or at least not be actively bothered by, their work environment.
We asked molding and casting workers how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.0 out of 5 stars
38 molding and casting workers
11% of molding and casting workers rated their work environment 5 stars
32% of molding and casting workers rated their work environment 4 stars
24% of molding and casting workers rated their work environment 3 stars
13% of molding and casting workers rated their work environment 2 stars
21% of molding and casting workers rated their work environment 1 stars
Are molding and casting workers making the best use of their abilities?
Former molding and casting workers on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 2.1/5. Most feel that their skills are being underutilized in the career, probably leading to more general dissatisfaction with being a molding and casting worker.
We asked molding and casting workers how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
2.1 out of 5 stars
38 molding and casting workers
8% of molding and casting workers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
13% of molding and casting workers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
5% of molding and casting workers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
29% of molding and casting workers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
45% of molding and casting workers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars