Search marketing strategists 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, search marketing strategists rate their career happiness 3.2 out of 5 stars which puts them in the bottom 45% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy search marketing strategists 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 |
|---|---|---|
| IT security consultant | 3.2 | $60k |
| Distance learning coordinator | 3.2 | $79k |
| Security engineer | 3.2 | $74k |
| Desktop publisher | 3.2 | $44k |
| Online merchant | 3.2 | $44k |
| Search marketing strategist | 3.2 | $90k |
| Statistician | 3.2 | $101k |
| IT manager | 3.1 | $100k |
| Social media manager | 3.1 | $40k |
| Operations manager | 3.1 | $68k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are search marketing strategists happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do search marketing strategists find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as search marketing strategists?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are search marketing strategist’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are search marketing strategists making the best use of their abilities?
Are search marketing strategists happy with their salary?
Search marketing strategists rated their satisfaction with their salaries 3.0/5. Few are explicitly unhappy with their salaries, with most search marketing strategists having generally positive views of their salary.
We asked search marketing strategists how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
3.0 out of 5 stars
299 search marketing strategists
12% of search marketing strategists rated their compensation 5 stars
26% of search marketing strategists rated their compensation 4 stars
29% of search marketing strategists rated their compensation 3 stars
20% of search marketing strategists rated their compensation 2 stars
13% of search marketing strategists rated their compensation 1 stars
Do search marketing strategists find their jobs meaningful?
On average, search marketing strategists rate the meaningfulness of their work a 2.7/5. While most search marketing strategists aren’t very fulfilled by their work, some people may still manage to find meaning in it.
We asked search marketing strategists how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
2.7 out of 5 stars
300 search marketing strategists
13% of search marketing strategists rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
17% of search marketing strategists rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
22% of search marketing strategists rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
29% of search marketing strategists rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
19% of search marketing strategists rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as search marketing strategists?
Search marketing strategists rated their personality fit with their work an average of 3.7/5. The majority of search marketing strategists find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked search marketing strategists how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
3.7 out of 5 stars
344 search marketing strategists
30% of search marketing strategists rated their career fit 5 stars
31% of search marketing strategists rated their career fit 4 stars
26% of search marketing strategists rated their career fit 3 stars
8% of search marketing strategists rated their career fit 2 stars
4% of search marketing strategists rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is a search marketing strategist’s work environment?
As a whole, search marketing strategists rated their enjoyment of their work environment 3.5/5. A solid majority of search marketing strategists enjoy their work environment, probably contributing to overall higher satisfaction with working as a search marketing strategist.
We asked search marketing strategists how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.5 out of 5 stars
341 search marketing strategists
23% of search marketing strategists rated their work environment 5 stars
33% of search marketing strategists rated their work environment 4 stars
25% of search marketing strategists rated their work environment 3 stars
12% of search marketing strategists rated their work environment 2 stars
7% of search marketing strategists rated their work environment 1 stars
Are search marketing strategists making the best use of their abilities?
Former search marketing strategists on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 3.1/5. Most search marketing strategists are satisfied with how well their abilities are skills are made of use.
We asked search marketing strategists how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
3.1 out of 5 stars
345 search marketing strategists
13% of search marketing strategists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
25% of search marketing strategists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
26% of search marketing strategists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
26% of search marketing strategists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
10% of search marketing strategists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars