Publicists 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, publicists rate their career happiness 2.9 out of 5 stars which puts them in the bottom 27% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy publicists 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Advertising manager | 3.1 | $88k |
| Digital marketing specialist | 3.1 | $57k |
| Search engine marketing specialist | 3.0 | $43k |
| Public relations specialist | 3.0 | $52k |
| Market research analyst | 2.9 | $48k |
| Publicist | 2.9 | $49k |
| Customer success manager | 2.9 | $70k |
| Fundraiser | 2.9 | $61k |
| Street vendor | 2.9 | $4k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are publicists happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do publicists find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as publicists?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are publicist’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are publicists making the best use of their abilities?
Are publicists happy with their salary?
Publicists rated their satisfaction with their salaries 2.5/5. Most publicists do not feel that their salaries adequately reflect their work, and are actively unhappy with their income.
We asked publicists how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
2.5 out of 5 stars
311 publicists
9% of publicists rated their compensation 5 stars
14% of publicists rated their compensation 4 stars
24% of publicists rated their compensation 3 stars
28% of publicists rated their compensation 2 stars
25% of publicists rated their compensation 1 stars
Do publicists find their jobs meaningful?
On average, publicists rate the meaningfulness of their work a 2.6/5. The majority of publicists struggle to find any sort of meaning in their work, likely resulting in less satisfaction with the career overall.
We asked publicists how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
2.6 out of 5 stars
318 publicists
13% of publicists rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
14% of publicists rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
20% of publicists rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
27% of publicists rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
25% of publicists rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as publicists?
Publicists rated their personality fit with their work an average of 3.5/5. The majority of publicists find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked publicists how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
3.5 out of 5 stars
354 publicists
25% of publicists rated their career fit 5 stars
29% of publicists rated their career fit 4 stars
25% of publicists rated their career fit 3 stars
14% of publicists rated their career fit 2 stars
7% of publicists rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is a publicist’s work environment?
As a whole, publicists 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 publicists how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.3 out of 5 stars
355 publicists
18% of publicists rated their work environment 5 stars
26% of publicists rated their work environment 4 stars
27% of publicists rated their work environment 3 stars
21% of publicists rated their work environment 2 stars
7% of publicists rated their work environment 1 stars
Are publicists making the best use of their abilities?
Former publicists on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 3.0/5. Publicists tend to feel that they don’t manage to use their abilities to their fullest, when compared to other careers.
We asked publicists how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
3.0 out of 5 stars
356 publicists
13% of publicists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
21% of publicists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
29% of publicists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
23% of publicists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
14% of publicists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars