Sewers are one of the happiest 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, sewers rate their career happiness 3.9 out of 5 stars which puts them in the top 13% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy sewers 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sculptor | 4.1 | $55k |
| Craft artist | 4.0 | $5k |
| Potter | 4.0 | $28k |
| Costume designer | 4.0 | $26k |
| Sewer | 3.9 | $29k |
| Shoemaker | 3.8 | $30k |
| Luthier | 3.7 | $31k |
| Seamstress | 3.7 | $26k |
| Gem worker | 3.7 | $46k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are sewers happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do sewers find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as sewers?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are sewer’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are sewers making the best use of their abilities?
Are sewers happy with their salary?
Sewers rated their satisfaction with their salaries 3.4/5. Few are explicitly unhappy with their salaries, with most sewers having generally positive views of their salary.
We asked sewers how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
3.4 out of 5 stars
19 sewers
26% of sewers rated their compensation 5 stars
11% of sewers rated their compensation 4 stars
42% of sewers rated their compensation 3 stars
16% of sewers rated their compensation 2 stars
5% of sewers rated their compensation 1 stars
Do sewers find their jobs meaningful?
On average, sewers rate the meaningfulness of their work a 3.6/5. Unlike many careers, sewers have little difficulty finding meaning in their work, and it likely constitutes one of the main reasons people become sewers.
We asked sewers how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
3.6 out of 5 stars
19 sewers
16% of sewers rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
42% of sewers rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
32% of sewers rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
11% of sewers rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as sewers?
Sewers rated their personality fit with their work an average of 4.0/5. The majority of sewers find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked sewers how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
4.0 out of 5 stars
22 sewers
27% of sewers rated their career fit 5 stars
45% of sewers rated their career fit 4 stars
23% of sewers rated their career fit 3 stars
5% of sewers rated their career fit 2 stars
How enjoyable is a sewer’s work environment?
As a whole, sewers rated their enjoyment of their work environment 4.1/5. A solid majority of sewers enjoy their work environment, probably contributing to overall higher satisfaction with working as a sewer.
We asked sewers how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
4.1 out of 5 stars
22 sewers
32% of sewers rated their work environment 5 stars
45% of sewers rated their work environment 4 stars
23% of sewers rated their work environment 3 stars
Are sewers making the best use of their abilities?
Former sewers on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 3.8/5. Most sewers surveyed find that they manage to use their abilities to their fullest as a sewer, which helps contribute to higher career satisfaction in the long term.
We asked sewers how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
3.8 out of 5 stars
22 sewers
32% of sewers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
32% of sewers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
27% of sewers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
5% of sewers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
5% of sewers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars