Occupational health specialists 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, occupational health specialists 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 occupational health specialists 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dental assistant | 3.0 | $39k |
| Medical transcriptionist | 3.0 | $30k |
| Diagnostic medical sonographer | 3.0 | $78k |
| Optometrist | 3.0 | $124k |
| Hearing aid specialist | 2.9 | $60k |
| Occupational health specialist | 2.9 | $73k |
| Medical appliance technician | 2.9 | $45k |
| Occupational therapist | 2.9 | $86k |
| Radiologic technologist | 2.9 | $61k |
| Respiratory therapist | 2.9 | $62k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are occupational health specialists happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do occupational health specialists find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as occupational health specialists?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are occupational health specialist’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are occupational health specialists making the best use of their abilities?
Are occupational health specialists happy with their salary?
Occupational health specialists rated their satisfaction with their salaries 3.3/5. Few are explicitly unhappy with their salaries, with most occupational health specialists having generally positive views of their salary.
We asked occupational health specialists how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
3.3 out of 5 stars
140 occupational health specialists
16% of occupational health specialists rated their compensation 5 stars
32% of occupational health specialists rated their compensation 4 stars
26% of occupational health specialists rated their compensation 3 stars
16% of occupational health specialists rated their compensation 2 stars
11% of occupational health specialists rated their compensation 1 stars
Do occupational health specialists find their jobs meaningful?
On average, occupational health specialists rate the meaningfulness of their work a 2.7/5. While most occupational health specialists aren’t very fulfilled by their work, some people may still manage to find meaning in it.
We asked occupational health specialists how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
2.7 out of 5 stars
140 occupational health specialists
12% of occupational health specialists rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
14% of occupational health specialists rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
28% of occupational health specialists rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
29% of occupational health specialists rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
18% of occupational health specialists rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as occupational health specialists?
Occupational health specialists rated their personality fit with their work an average of 3.5/5. The majority of occupational health specialists find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked occupational health specialists how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
3.5 out of 5 stars
144 occupational health specialists
18% of occupational health specialists rated their career fit 5 stars
37% of occupational health specialists rated their career fit 4 stars
30% of occupational health specialists rated their career fit 3 stars
9% of occupational health specialists rated their career fit 2 stars
6% of occupational health specialists rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is an occupational health specialist’s work environment?
As a whole, occupational health specialists 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 occupational health specialists how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.4 out of 5 stars
143 occupational health specialists
16% of occupational health specialists rated their work environment 5 stars
34% of occupational health specialists rated their work environment 4 stars
31% of occupational health specialists rated their work environment 3 stars
15% of occupational health specialists rated their work environment 2 stars
5% of occupational health specialists rated their work environment 1 stars
Are occupational health specialists making the best use of their abilities?
Former occupational health specialists on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 2.9/5. Occupational health specialists tend to feel that they don’t manage to use their abilities to their fullest, when compared to other careers.
We asked occupational health specialists how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
2.9 out of 5 stars
145 occupational health specialists
13% of occupational health specialists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
23% of occupational health specialists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
24% of occupational health specialists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
26% of occupational health specialists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
14% of occupational health specialists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars