Soil and water conservationists 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, soil and water conservationists rate their career happiness 3.2 out of 5 stars which puts them in the bottom 49% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy soil and water conservationists 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Geologist | 3.3 | $84k |
| Scientist | 3.3 | $67k |
| Geographer | 3.2 | $104k |
| Energy auditor | 3.2 | $78k |
| Agricultural engineer | 3.2 | $89k |
| Soil and water conservationist | 3.2 | $69k |
| Atmospheric scientist | 3.2 | $90k |
| Industrial ecologist | 3.2 | $90k |
| Meteorologist | 3.2 | $43k |
| Arborist | 3.1 | $27k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are soil and water conservationists happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do soil and water conservationists find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as soil and water conservationists?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are soil and water conservationist’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are soil and water conservationists making the best use of their abilities?
Are soil and water conservationists happy with their salary?
Soil and water conservationists rated their satisfaction with their salaries 3.1/5. Few are explicitly unhappy with their salaries, with most soil and water conservationists having generally positive views of their salary.
We asked soil and water conservationists how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
3.1 out of 5 stars
35 soil and water conservationists
6% of soil and water conservationists rated their compensation 5 stars
37% of soil and water conservationists rated their compensation 4 stars
26% of soil and water conservationists rated their compensation 3 stars
26% of soil and water conservationists rated their compensation 2 stars
6% of soil and water conservationists rated their compensation 1 stars
Do soil and water conservationists find their jobs meaningful?
On average, soil and water conservationists rate the meaningfulness of their work a 3.3/5. Most tend to be satisified with the level of meaning they find in their careers.
We asked soil and water conservationists how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
3.3 out of 5 stars
35 soil and water conservationists
23% of soil and water conservationists rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
26% of soil and water conservationists rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
23% of soil and water conservationists rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
20% of soil and water conservationists rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
9% of soil and water conservationists rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as soil and water conservationists?
Soil and water conservationists rated their personality fit with their work an average of 3.9/5. The majority of soil and water conservationists find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked soil and water conservationists how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
3.9 out of 5 stars
36 soil and water conservationists
33% of soil and water conservationists rated their career fit 5 stars
36% of soil and water conservationists rated their career fit 4 stars
19% of soil and water conservationists rated their career fit 3 stars
8% of soil and water conservationists rated their career fit 2 stars
3% of soil and water conservationists rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is a soil and water conservationist’s work environment?
As a whole, soil and water conservationists rated their enjoyment of their work environment 3.8/5. A solid majority of soil and water conservationists enjoy their work environment, probably contributing to overall higher satisfaction with working as a soil and water conservationist.
We asked soil and water conservationists how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.8 out of 5 stars
36 soil and water conservationists
33% of soil and water conservationists rated their work environment 5 stars
33% of soil and water conservationists rated their work environment 4 stars
17% of soil and water conservationists rated their work environment 3 stars
8% of soil and water conservationists rated their work environment 2 stars
8% of soil and water conservationists rated their work environment 1 stars
Are soil and water conservationists making the best use of their abilities?
Former soil and water conservationists on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 3.0/5. Most soil and water conservationists are satisfied with how well their abilities are skills are made of use.
We asked soil and water conservationists how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
3.0 out of 5 stars
35 soil and water conservationists
14% of soil and water conservationists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
29% of soil and water conservationists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
17% of soil and water conservationists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
26% of soil and water conservationists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
14% of soil and water conservationists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars