Professional painters are about average in terms of 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, professional painters rate their career happiness 3.2 out of 5 stars which puts them in the top 47% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy professional painters 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Event planner | 3.5 | $27k |
| Interior designer | 3.5 | $36k |
| Florist | 3.5 | $16k |
| Costume attendant | 3.4 | $47k |
| Jeweler | 3.4 | $21k |
| Professional painter | 3.2 | $17k |
| Tailor | 3.2 | $42k |
| Dog groomer | 3.2 | $32k |
| Nail technician | 3.1 | $9k |
| Engraver | 3.1 | $40k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are professional painters happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do professional painters find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as professional painters?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are professional painter’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are professional painters making the best use of their abilities?
Are professional painters happy with their salary?
Professional painters rated their satisfaction with their salaries 2.9/5. Professional painters tend to be quite unhappy with their salary, with very few reporting satisfaction with their pay.
We asked professional painters how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
2.9 out of 5 stars
241 professional painters
13% of professional painters rated their compensation 5 stars
21% of professional painters rated their compensation 4 stars
25% of professional painters rated their compensation 3 stars
24% of professional painters rated their compensation 2 stars
18% of professional painters rated their compensation 1 stars
Do professional painters find their jobs meaningful?
On average, professional painters rate the meaningfulness of their work a 2.8/5. While most professional painters aren’t very fulfilled by their work, some people may still manage to find meaning in it.
We asked professional painters how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
2.8 out of 5 stars
242 professional painters
17% of professional painters rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
14% of professional painters rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
23% of professional painters rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
22% of professional painters rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
24% of professional painters rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as professional painters?
Professional painters rated their personality fit with their work an average of 3.8/5. The majority of professional painters find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked professional painters how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
3.8 out of 5 stars
265 professional painters
28% of professional painters rated their career fit 5 stars
36% of professional painters rated their career fit 4 stars
25% of professional painters rated their career fit 3 stars
8% of professional painters rated their career fit 2 stars
4% of professional painters rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is a professional painter’s work environment?
As a whole, professional painters rated their enjoyment of their work environment 3.4/5. Most of them tend to enjoy, or at least not be actively bothered by, their work environment.
We asked professional painters how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.4 out of 5 stars
266 professional painters
18% of professional painters rated their work environment 5 stars
31% of professional painters rated their work environment 4 stars
31% of professional painters rated their work environment 3 stars
14% of professional painters rated their work environment 2 stars
5% of professional painters rated their work environment 1 stars
Are professional painters making the best use of their abilities?
Former professional painters on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 3.2/5. Most professional painters are satisfied with how well their abilities are skills are made of use.
We asked professional painters how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
3.2 out of 5 stars
263 professional painters
20% of professional painters rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
25% of professional painters rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
20% of professional painters rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
20% of professional painters rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
14% of professional painters rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars