Stonemasons are below average when it comes to 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, stonemasons rate their career happiness 2.9 out of 5 stars which puts them in the bottom 28% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy stonemasons 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 |
|---|---|---|
| HVAC technician | 3.0 | $17k |
| Industrial machinery mechanic | 3.0 | $50k |
| Electrician | 3.0 | $27k |
| Elevator mechanic | 2.9 | $104k |
| Rotary drill operator | 2.9 | $63k |
| Stonemason | 2.9 | $32k |
| Boilermaker | 2.9 | $70k |
| Drafter | 2.9 | $45k |
| Ironworker | 2.9 | $44k |
| Quarry rock splitter | 2.9 | $47k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are stonemasons happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do stonemasons find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as stonemasons?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are stonemason’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are stonemasons making the best use of their abilities?
Are stonemasons happy with their salary?
Stonemasons rated their satisfaction with their salaries 3.3/5. Few are explicitly unhappy with their salaries, with most stonemasons having generally positive views of their salary.
We asked stonemasons how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
3.3 out of 5 stars
70 stonemasons
20% of stonemasons rated their compensation 5 stars
29% of stonemasons rated their compensation 4 stars
23% of stonemasons rated their compensation 3 stars
23% of stonemasons rated their compensation 2 stars
6% of stonemasons rated their compensation 1 stars
Do stonemasons find their jobs meaningful?
On average, stonemasons rate the meaningfulness of their work a 2.6/5. The majority of stonemasons struggle to find any sort of meaning in their work, likely resulting in less satisfaction with the career overall.
We asked stonemasons how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
2.6 out of 5 stars
71 stonemasons
11% of stonemasons rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
10% of stonemasons rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
25% of stonemasons rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
32% of stonemasons rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
21% of stonemasons rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as stonemasons?
Stonemasons rated their personality fit with their work an average of 3.5/5. The majority of stonemasons find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked stonemasons how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
3.5 out of 5 stars
73 stonemasons
21% of stonemasons rated their career fit 5 stars
36% of stonemasons rated their career fit 4 stars
26% of stonemasons rated their career fit 3 stars
10% of stonemasons rated their career fit 2 stars
8% of stonemasons rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is a stonemason’s work environment?
As a whole, stonemasons rated their enjoyment of their work environment 3.3/5. Most of them tend to enjoy, or at least not be actively bothered by, their work environment.
We asked stonemasons how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.3 out of 5 stars
74 stonemasons
18% of stonemasons rated their work environment 5 stars
30% of stonemasons rated their work environment 4 stars
26% of stonemasons rated their work environment 3 stars
20% of stonemasons rated their work environment 2 stars
7% of stonemasons rated their work environment 1 stars
Are stonemasons making the best use of their abilities?
Former stonemasons on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 2.9/5. Stonemasons tend to feel that they don’t manage to use their abilities to their fullest, when compared to other careers.
We asked stonemasons how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
2.9 out of 5 stars
75 stonemasons
15% of stonemasons rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
17% of stonemasons rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
31% of stonemasons rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
19% of stonemasons rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
19% of stonemasons rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars