Sports scouts 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, sports scouts rate their career happiness 4.0 out of 5 stars which puts them in the top 10% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy sports scouts 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sports medicine physician | 4.3 | $201k |
| Athlete | 4.2 | $3k |
| Sports broadcaster | 4.1 | $40k |
| Sports scout | 4.0 | $24k |
| Coach | 3.7 | $6k |
| Sports writer | 3.6 | $19k |
| Fitness trainer | 3.6 | $17k |
| Golf pro | 3.5 | $36k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are sports scouts happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do sports scouts find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as sports scouts?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are sports scout’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are sports scouts making the best use of their abilities?
Are sports scouts happy with their salary?
Sports scouts rated their satisfaction with their salaries 3.0/5. Sports scouts tend to be quite unhappy with their salary, with very few reporting satisfaction with their pay.
We asked sports scouts how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
3.0 out of 5 stars
84 sports scouts
21% of sports scouts rated their compensation 5 stars
18% of sports scouts rated their compensation 4 stars
17% of sports scouts rated their compensation 3 stars
24% of sports scouts rated their compensation 2 stars
20% of sports scouts rated their compensation 1 stars
Do sports scouts find their jobs meaningful?
On average, sports scouts rate the meaningfulness of their work a 3.5/5. Unlike many careers, sports scouts have little difficulty finding meaning in their work, and it likely constitutes one of the main reasons people become sports scouts.
We asked sports scouts how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
3.5 out of 5 stars
86 sports scouts
28% of sports scouts rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
24% of sports scouts rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
24% of sports scouts rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
14% of sports scouts rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
9% of sports scouts rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as sports scouts?
Sports scouts rated their personality fit with their work an average of 4.1/5. The majority of sports scouts find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked sports scouts how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
4.1 out of 5 stars
96 sports scouts
47% of sports scouts rated their career fit 5 stars
31% of sports scouts rated their career fit 4 stars
15% of sports scouts rated their career fit 3 stars
3% of sports scouts rated their career fit 2 stars
4% of sports scouts rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is a sports scout’s work environment?
As a whole, sports scouts rated their enjoyment of their work environment 4.0/5. A solid majority of sports scouts enjoy their work environment, probably contributing to overall higher satisfaction with working as a sports scout.
We asked sports scouts how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
4.0 out of 5 stars
96 sports scouts
39% of sports scouts rated their work environment 5 stars
33% of sports scouts rated their work environment 4 stars
20% of sports scouts rated their work environment 3 stars
5% of sports scouts rated their work environment 2 stars
3% of sports scouts rated their work environment 1 stars
Are sports scouts making the best use of their abilities?
Former sports scouts on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 3.7/5. Most sports scouts surveyed find that they manage to use their abilities to their fullest as a sports scout, which helps contribute to higher career satisfaction in the long term.
We asked sports scouts how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
3.7 out of 5 stars
92 sports scouts
35% of sports scouts rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
30% of sports scouts rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
16% of sports scouts rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
9% of sports scouts rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
10% of sports scouts rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars