Upholsterers 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, upholsterers rate their career happiness 3.1 out of 5 stars which puts them in the bottom 38% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy upholsterers 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pump operator | 3.1 | $32k |
| Locksmith | 3.1 | $50k |
| Solar thermal installer | 3.1 | $37k |
| Pipefitter | 3.1 | $63k |
| Crane operator | 3.1 | $50k |
| Upholsterer | 3.1 | $18k |
| Millwright | 3.1 | $66k |
| Carpenter | 3.0 | $23k |
| Cabinetmaker | 3.0 | $14k |
| Metal caster | 3.0 | $50k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are upholsterers happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do upholsterers find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as upholsterers?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are upholsterer’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are upholsterers making the best use of their abilities?
Are upholsterers happy with their salary?
Upholsterers rated their satisfaction with their salaries 2.5/5. The majority of upholsterers are quite happy with their salaries, with very few having complaints about their income level.
We asked upholsterers how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
2.5 out of 5 stars
37 upholsterers
19% of upholsterers rated their compensation 5 stars
35% of upholsterers rated their compensation 4 stars
27% of upholsterers rated their compensation 3 stars
19% of upholsterers rated their compensation 2 stars
Do upholsterers find their jobs meaningful?
On average, upholsterers rate the meaningfulness of their work a 2.5/5. The majority of upholsterers struggle to find any sort of meaning in their work, likely resulting in less satisfaction with the career overall.
We asked upholsterers how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
2.5 out of 5 stars
37 upholsterers
8% of upholsterers rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
11% of upholsterers rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
24% of upholsterers rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
35% of upholsterers rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
22% of upholsterers rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as upholsterers?
Upholsterers rated their personality fit with their work an average of 3.5/5. The majority of upholsterers find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked upholsterers how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
3.5 out of 5 stars
42 upholsterers
17% of upholsterers rated their career fit 5 stars
43% of upholsterers rated their career fit 4 stars
24% of upholsterers rated their career fit 3 stars
10% of upholsterers rated their career fit 2 stars
7% of upholsterers rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is an upholsterer’s work environment?
As a whole, upholsterers 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 upholsterers how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.3 out of 5 stars
42 upholsterers
14% of upholsterers rated their work environment 5 stars
33% of upholsterers rated their work environment 4 stars
31% of upholsterers rated their work environment 3 stars
14% of upholsterers rated their work environment 2 stars
7% of upholsterers rated their work environment 1 stars
Are upholsterers making the best use of their abilities?
Former upholsterers on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 2.9/5. Upholsterers tend to feel that they don’t manage to use their abilities to their fullest, when compared to other careers.
We asked upholsterers how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
2.9 out of 5 stars
42 upholsterers
10% of upholsterers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
19% of upholsterers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
29% of upholsterers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
33% of upholsterers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
10% of upholsterers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars