Risk management specialists 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, risk management specialists rate their career happiness 2.8 out of 5 stars which puts them in the bottom 18% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy risk management specialists 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Controller | 2.9 | $71k |
| Purchasing manager | 2.9 | $70k |
| Fundraising manager | 2.8 | $69k |
| Energy broker | 2.8 | $55k |
| Sales engineer | 2.8 | $78k |
| Risk management specialist | 2.8 | $90k |
| Supply chain manager | 2.8 | $72k |
| Budget analyst | 2.8 | $67k |
| Sales manager | 2.8 | $63k |
| Executive assistant | 2.8 | $49k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are risk management specialists happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do risk management specialists find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as risk management specialists?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are risk management specialist’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are risk management specialists making the best use of their abilities?
Are risk management specialists happy with their salary?
Risk management specialists rated their satisfaction with their salaries 3.3/5. Few are explicitly unhappy with their salaries, with most risk management specialists having generally positive views of their salary.
We asked risk management specialists how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
3.3 out of 5 stars
474 risk management specialists
17% of risk management specialists rated their compensation 5 stars
31% of risk management specialists rated their compensation 4 stars
27% of risk management specialists rated their compensation 3 stars
17% of risk management specialists rated their compensation 2 stars
8% of risk management specialists rated their compensation 1 stars
Do risk management specialists find their jobs meaningful?
On average, risk management specialists rate the meaningfulness of their work a 2.4/5. The majority of risk management specialists struggle to find any sort of meaning in their work, likely resulting in less satisfaction with the career overall.
We asked risk management specialists how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
2.4 out of 5 stars
479 risk management specialists
6% of risk management specialists rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
13% of risk management specialists rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
25% of risk management specialists rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
29% of risk management specialists rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
28% of risk management specialists rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as risk management specialists?
Risk management specialists rated their personality fit with their work an average of 3.6/5. The majority of risk management specialists find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked risk management specialists how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
3.6 out of 5 stars
509 risk management specialists
22% of risk management specialists rated their career fit 5 stars
36% of risk management specialists rated their career fit 4 stars
25% of risk management specialists rated their career fit 3 stars
13% of risk management specialists rated their career fit 2 stars
4% of risk management specialists rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is a risk management specialist’s work environment?
As a whole, risk management specialists rated their enjoyment of their work environment 3.4/5. A solid majority of risk management specialists enjoy their work environment, probably contributing to overall higher satisfaction with working as a risk management specialist.
We asked risk management specialists how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.4 out of 5 stars
508 risk management specialists
17% of risk management specialists rated their work environment 5 stars
34% of risk management specialists rated their work environment 4 stars
26% of risk management specialists rated their work environment 3 stars
15% of risk management specialists rated their work environment 2 stars
7% of risk management specialists rated their work environment 1 stars
Are risk management specialists making the best use of their abilities?
Former risk management specialists on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 2.9/5. Risk management specialists tend to feel that they don’t manage to use their abilities to their fullest, when compared to other careers.
We asked risk management specialists how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
2.9 out of 5 stars
505 risk management specialists
12% of risk management specialists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
22% of risk management specialists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
29% of risk management specialists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
24% of risk management specialists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
14% of risk management specialists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars