Cement masons 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, cement masons rate their career happiness 2.9 out of 5 stars which puts them in the bottom 23% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy cement masons 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boilermaker | 2.9 | $64k |
| Ironworker | 2.9 | $59k |
| Quarry rock splitter | 2.9 | $38k |
| Maintenance worker | 2.9 | $43k |
| Water treatment plant operator | 2.9 | $48k |
| Agricultural inspector | 2.9 | $45k |
| Cement mason | 2.9 | $47k |
| Surveyor | 2.8 | $62k |
| Marine electrician | 2.8 | $77k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are cement masons happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do cement masons find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as cement masons?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are cement mason’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are cement masons making the best use of their abilities?
Are cement masons happy with their salary?
Cement masons rated their satisfaction with their salaries 3.1/5. Few are explicitly unhappy with their salaries, with most cement masons having generally positive views of their salary.
We asked cement masons how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
3.1 out of 5 stars
103 cement masons
13% of cement masons rated their compensation 5 stars
24% of cement masons rated their compensation 4 stars
37% of cement masons rated their compensation 3 stars
14% of cement masons rated their compensation 2 stars
13% of cement masons rated their compensation 1 stars
Do cement masons find their jobs meaningful?
On average, cement masons rate the meaningfulness of their work a 2.6/5. The majority of cement masons struggle to find any sort of meaning in their work, likely resulting in less satisfaction with the career overall.
We asked cement masons how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
2.6 out of 5 stars
105 cement masons
10% of cement masons rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
10% of cement masons rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
27% of cement masons rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
31% of cement masons rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
21% of cement masons rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as cement masons?
Cement masons rated their personality fit with their work an average of 3.5/5. The majority of cement masons find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked cement masons how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
3.5 out of 5 stars
114 cement masons
24% of cement masons rated their career fit 5 stars
29% of cement masons rated their career fit 4 stars
27% of cement masons rated their career fit 3 stars
14% of cement masons rated their career fit 2 stars
6% of cement masons rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is a cement mason’s work environment?
As a whole, cement masons rated their enjoyment of their work environment 3.4/5. Most of them tend to enjoy, or at least not be actively bothered by, their work environment.
We asked cement masons how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.4 out of 5 stars
112 cement masons
24% of cement masons rated their work environment 5 stars
25% of cement masons rated their work environment 4 stars
29% of cement masons rated their work environment 3 stars
13% of cement masons rated their work environment 2 stars
9% of cement masons rated their work environment 1 stars
Are cement masons making the best use of their abilities?
Former cement masons on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 3.1/5. Most cement masons are satisfied with how well their abilities are skills are made of use.
We asked cement masons how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
3.1 out of 5 stars
113 cement masons
20% of cement masons rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
19% of cement masons rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
24% of cement masons rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
20% of cement masons rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
16% of cement masons rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars