Revenue agents are one of the least happy 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, revenue agents rate their career happiness 2.7 out of 5 stars which puts them in the bottom 10% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy revenue agents 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Securities and commodities broker | 2.7 | $73k |
| Financial analyst | 2.7 | $69k |
| Compliance manager | 2.7 | $83k |
| Financial advisor | 2.7 | $49k |
| Cost estimator | 2.7 | $62k |
| Revenue agent | 2.7 | $52k |
| Investment banker | 2.7 | $79k |
| Tax preparer | 2.7 | $43k |
| Credit counselor | 2.6 | $6k |
| Credit analyst | 2.6 | $67k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are revenue agents happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do revenue agents find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as revenue agents?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are revenue agent’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are revenue agents making the best use of their abilities?
Are revenue agents happy with their salary?
Revenue agents rated their satisfaction with their salaries 3.0/5. Few are explicitly unhappy with their salaries, with most revenue agents having generally positive views of their salary.
We asked revenue agents how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
3.0 out of 5 stars
123 revenue agents
11% of revenue agents rated their compensation 5 stars
23% of revenue agents rated their compensation 4 stars
33% of revenue agents rated their compensation 3 stars
15% of revenue agents rated their compensation 2 stars
18% of revenue agents rated their compensation 1 stars
Do revenue agents find their jobs meaningful?
On average, revenue agents rate the meaningfulness of their work a 2.3/5. The majority of revenue agents struggle to find any sort of meaning in their work, likely resulting in less satisfaction with the career overall.
We asked revenue agents how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
2.3 out of 5 stars
124 revenue agents
8% of revenue agents rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
10% of revenue agents rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
20% of revenue agents rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
27% of revenue agents rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
35% of revenue agents rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as revenue agents?
Revenue agents rated their personality fit with their work an average of 3.4/5. The majority of revenue agents find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked revenue agents how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
3.4 out of 5 stars
136 revenue agents
16% of revenue agents rated their career fit 5 stars
40% of revenue agents rated their career fit 4 stars
18% of revenue agents rated their career fit 3 stars
16% of revenue agents rated their career fit 2 stars
10% of revenue agents rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is a revenue agent’s work environment?
As a whole, revenue agents rated their enjoyment of their work environment 3.1/5. Most of them tend to enjoy, or at least not be actively bothered by, their work environment.
We asked revenue agents how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.1 out of 5 stars
132 revenue agents
13% of revenue agents rated their work environment 5 stars
30% of revenue agents rated their work environment 4 stars
30% of revenue agents rated their work environment 3 stars
13% of revenue agents rated their work environment 2 stars
14% of revenue agents rated their work environment 1 stars
Are revenue agents making the best use of their abilities?
Former revenue agents on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 2.7/5. Revenue agents tend to feel that they don’t manage to use their abilities to their fullest, when compared to other careers.
We asked revenue agents how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
2.7 out of 5 stars
135 revenue agents
13% of revenue agents rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
17% of revenue agents rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
23% of revenue agents rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
24% of revenue agents rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
23% of revenue agents rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars