Registered dietitian 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, registered dietitian rate their career happiness 2.9 out of 5 stars which puts them in the bottom 26% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy registered dietitian 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Occupational therapist assistant | 3.0 | $52k |
| Dental assistant | 3.0 | $18k |
| Optometrist | 3.0 | $96k |
| Hearing aid specialist | 2.9 | $60k |
| Occupational therapist | 2.9 | $66k |
| Registered dietitian | 2.9 | $53k |
| Ophthalmic medical technician | 2.9 | $21k |
| Optician | 2.9 | $23k |
| Food quality assurance technician | 2.9 | $36k |
| Personal care aide | 2.8 | $25k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are registered dietitian happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do registered dietitian find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as registered dietitian?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are registered dietitian’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are registered dietitian making the best use of their abilities?
Are registered dietitian happy with their salary?
Registered dietitian rated their satisfaction with their salaries 3.0/5. Few are explicitly unhappy with their salaries, with most registered dietitian having generally positive views of their salary.
We asked registered dietitian how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
3.0 out of 5 stars
229 registered dietitian
12% of registered dietitian rated their compensation 5 stars
28% of registered dietitian rated their compensation 4 stars
24% of registered dietitian rated their compensation 3 stars
20% of registered dietitian rated their compensation 2 stars
16% of registered dietitian rated their compensation 1 stars
Do registered dietitian find their jobs meaningful?
On average, registered dietitian rate the meaningfulness of their work a 3.0/5. Most tend to be satisified with the level of meaning they find in their careers.
We asked registered dietitian how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
3.0 out of 5 stars
230 registered dietitian
13% of registered dietitian rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
28% of registered dietitian rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
20% of registered dietitian rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
24% of registered dietitian rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
15% of registered dietitian rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as registered dietitian?
Registered dietitian rated their personality fit with their work an average of 3.8/5. The majority of registered dietitian find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked registered dietitian how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
3.8 out of 5 stars
259 registered dietitian
24% of registered dietitian rated their career fit 5 stars
41% of registered dietitian rated their career fit 4 stars
23% of registered dietitian rated their career fit 3 stars
10% of registered dietitian rated their career fit 2 stars
2% of registered dietitian rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is a registered dietitian’s work environment?
As a whole, registered dietitian 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 registered dietitian how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.3 out of 5 stars
257 registered dietitian
16% of registered dietitian rated their work environment 5 stars
30% of registered dietitian rated their work environment 4 stars
29% of registered dietitian rated their work environment 3 stars
19% of registered dietitian rated their work environment 2 stars
6% of registered dietitian rated their work environment 1 stars
Are registered dietitian making the best use of their abilities?
Former registered dietitian on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 3.0/5. Registered dietitian tend to feel that they don’t manage to use their abilities to their fullest, when compared to other careers.
We asked registered dietitian how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
3.0 out of 5 stars
260 registered dietitian
15% of registered dietitian rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
22% of registered dietitian rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
23% of registered dietitian rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
28% of registered dietitian rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
12% of registered dietitian rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars