Professional organizers rate their happiness above average.
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, professional organizers rate their career happiness 3.6 out of 5 stars which puts them in the top 23% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy professional organizers 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Seamstress | 3.7 | $26k |
| Professional organizer | 3.6 | $44k |
| Wedding planner | 3.6 | $21k |
| Event planner | 3.5 | $27k |
| Florist | 3.5 | $16k |
| Professional painter | 3.2 | $17k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are professional organizers happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do professional organizers find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as professional organizers?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are professional organizer’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are professional organizers making the best use of their abilities?
Are professional organizers happy with their salary?
Professional organizers rated their satisfaction with their salaries 3.3/5. Few are explicitly unhappy with their salaries, with most professional organizers having generally positive views of their salary.
We asked professional organizers how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
3.3 out of 5 stars
79 professional organizers
19% of professional organizers rated their compensation 5 stars
25% of professional organizers rated their compensation 4 stars
30% of professional organizers rated their compensation 3 stars
16% of professional organizers rated their compensation 2 stars
9% of professional organizers rated their compensation 1 stars
Do professional organizers find their jobs meaningful?
On average, professional organizers rate the meaningfulness of their work a 3.5/5. Unlike many careers, professional organizers have little difficulty finding meaning in their work, and it likely constitutes one of the main reasons people become professional organizers.
We asked professional organizers how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
3.5 out of 5 stars
80 professional organizers
33% of professional organizers rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
20% of professional organizers rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
23% of professional organizers rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
16% of professional organizers rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
9% of professional organizers rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as professional organizers?
Professional organizers rated their personality fit with their work an average of 4.2/5. The majority of professional organizers find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked professional organizers how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
4.2 out of 5 stars
88 professional organizers
52% of professional organizers rated their career fit 5 stars
27% of professional organizers rated their career fit 4 stars
14% of professional organizers rated their career fit 3 stars
5% of professional organizers rated their career fit 2 stars
2% of professional organizers rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is a professional organizer’s work environment?
As a whole, professional organizers rated their enjoyment of their work environment 3.8/5. A solid majority of professional organizers enjoy their work environment, probably contributing to overall higher satisfaction with working as a professional organizer.
We asked professional organizers how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.8 out of 5 stars
88 professional organizers
36% of professional organizers rated their work environment 5 stars
27% of professional organizers rated their work environment 4 stars
23% of professional organizers rated their work environment 3 stars
11% of professional organizers rated their work environment 2 stars
2% of professional organizers rated their work environment 1 stars
Are professional organizers making the best use of their abilities?
Former professional organizers on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 3.7/5. Most professional organizers surveyed find that they manage to use their abilities to their fullest as a professional organizer, which helps contribute to higher career satisfaction in the long term.
We asked professional organizers how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
3.7 out of 5 stars
87 professional organizers
30% of professional organizers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
33% of professional organizers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
20% of professional organizers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
11% of professional organizers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
6% of professional organizers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars