Music promoters 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, music promoters rate their career happiness 3.8 out of 5 stars which puts them in the top 14% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy music promoters 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Musician | 4.1 | $9k |
| Audio engineer | 3.9 | $28k |
| Recording engineer | 3.9 | $34k |
| Music promoter | 3.8 | $31k |
| Piano accompanist | 3.8 | $47k |
| Live sound engineer | 3.8 | $31k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are music promoters happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do music promoters find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as music promoters?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are music promoter’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are music promoters making the best use of their abilities?
Are music promoters happy with their salary?
Music promoters rated their satisfaction with their salaries 2.6/5. Music promoters tend to be quite unhappy with their salary, with very few reporting satisfaction with their pay.
We asked music promoters how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
2.6 out of 5 stars
195 music promoters
10% of music promoters rated their compensation 5 stars
16% of music promoters rated their compensation 4 stars
24% of music promoters rated their compensation 3 stars
25% of music promoters rated their compensation 2 stars
25% of music promoters rated their compensation 1 stars
Do music promoters find their jobs meaningful?
On average, music promoters rate the meaningfulness of their work a 3.5/5. Unlike many careers, music promoters have little difficulty finding meaning in their work, and it likely constitutes one of the main reasons people become music promoters.
We asked music promoters how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
3.5 out of 5 stars
197 music promoters
26% of music promoters rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
29% of music promoters rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
22% of music promoters rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
17% of music promoters rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
6% of music promoters rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as music promoters?
Music promoters rated their personality fit with their work an average of 4.2/5. The majority of music promoters find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked music promoters how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
4.2 out of 5 stars
216 music promoters
41% of music promoters rated their career fit 5 stars
40% of music promoters rated their career fit 4 stars
14% of music promoters rated their career fit 3 stars
3% of music promoters rated their career fit 2 stars
2% of music promoters rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is a music promoter’s work environment?
As a whole, music promoters rated their enjoyment of their work environment 3.9/5. A solid majority of music promoters enjoy their work environment, probably contributing to overall higher satisfaction with working as a music promoter.
We asked music promoters how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.9 out of 5 stars
218 music promoters
37% of music promoters rated their work environment 5 stars
33% of music promoters rated their work environment 4 stars
20% of music promoters rated their work environment 3 stars
7% of music promoters rated their work environment 2 stars
2% of music promoters rated their work environment 1 stars
Are music promoters making the best use of their abilities?
Former music promoters on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 3.5/5. Most music promoters surveyed find that they manage to use their abilities to their fullest as a music promoter, which helps contribute to higher career satisfaction in the long term.
We asked music promoters how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
3.5 out of 5 stars
217 music promoters
23% of music promoters rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
29% of music promoters rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
27% of music promoters rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
18% of music promoters rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
3% of music promoters rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars