Television writers 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, television writers 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 television writers 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Film director | 4.3 | $69k |
| Filmmaker | 4.1 | $18k |
| Cinematographer | 4.1 | $40k |
| Writer | 4.1 | $8k |
| Television writer | 4.0 | $36k |
| Announcer | 3.9 | $27k |
| Blogger | 3.8 | $26k |
| Set designer | 3.8 | $28k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are television writers happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do television writers find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as television writers?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are television writer’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are television writers making the best use of their abilities?
Are television writers happy with their salary?
Television writers rated their satisfaction with their salaries 3.0/5. Television writers tend to be quite unhappy with their salary, with very few reporting satisfaction with their pay.
We asked television writers how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
3.0 out of 5 stars
128 television writers
23% of television writers rated their compensation 5 stars
13% of television writers rated their compensation 4 stars
23% of television writers rated their compensation 3 stars
24% of television writers rated their compensation 2 stars
17% of television writers rated their compensation 1 stars
Do television writers find their jobs meaningful?
On average, television writers rate the meaningfulness of their work a 3.8/5. Unlike many careers, television writers have little difficulty finding meaning in their work, and it likely constitutes one of the main reasons people become television writers.
We asked television writers how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
3.8 out of 5 stars
132 television writers
39% of television writers rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
27% of television writers rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
17% of television writers rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
11% of television writers rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
6% of television writers rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as television writers?
Television writers rated their personality fit with their work an average of 4.1/5. The majority of television writers find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked television writers how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
4.1 out of 5 stars
156 television writers
42% of television writers rated their career fit 5 stars
34% of television writers rated their career fit 4 stars
19% of television writers rated their career fit 3 stars
6% of television writers rated their career fit 2 stars
How enjoyable is a television writer’s work environment?
As a whole, television writers rated their enjoyment of their work environment 3.9/5. A solid majority of television writers enjoy their work environment, probably contributing to overall higher satisfaction with working as a television writer.
We asked television writers how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.9 out of 5 stars
155 television writers
35% of television writers rated their work environment 5 stars
34% of television writers rated their work environment 4 stars
21% of television writers rated their work environment 3 stars
10% of television writers rated their work environment 2 stars
Are television writers making the best use of their abilities?
Former television writers on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 3.8/5. Most television writers surveyed find that they manage to use their abilities to their fullest as a television writer, which helps contribute to higher career satisfaction in the long term.
We asked television writers how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
3.8 out of 5 stars
155 television writers
34% of television writers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
32% of television writers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
17% of television writers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
12% of television writers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
6% of television writers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars