Agricultural and food science technicians 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, agricultural and food science technicians rate their career happiness 2.9 out of 5 stars which puts them in the bottom 25% of careers.

To put this into perspective, we compared how happy agricultural and food science technicians 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
Irrigation technician
3.1
$15k
Biotechnician
3.1
$39k
Food science technologist
3.1
$73k
Grounds maintenance worker
3.0
$5k
Agricultural and food science technician
2.9
$41k
Water treatment plant operator
2.9
$56k
Agricultural inspector
2.9
$11k
Food quality assurance technician
2.9
$36k

So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:

  • Salary: Are agricultural and food science technicians happy with their salary?
  • Meaning: Do agricultural and food science technicians find their jobs meaningful?
  • Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as agricultural and food science technicians?
  • Work environment: How enjoyable are agricultural and food science technician’s work environments?
  • Skills utilization: Are agricultural and food science technicians making the best use of their abilities?

Are agricultural and food science technicians happy with their salary?

Agricultural and food science technicians rated their satisfaction with their salaries 2.9/5. Agricultural and food science technicians tend to be quite unhappy with their salary, with very few reporting satisfaction with their pay.

We asked agricultural and food science technicians how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:

2.9 out of 5 stars

169 agricultural and food science technicians

5 Star
7%

7% of agricultural and food science technicians rated their compensation 5 stars

4 Star
31%

31% of agricultural and food science technicians rated their compensation 4 stars

3 Star
23%

23% of agricultural and food science technicians rated their compensation 3 stars

2 Star
24%

24% of agricultural and food science technicians rated their compensation 2 stars

1 Star
15%

15% of agricultural and food science technicians rated their compensation 1 stars

Do agricultural and food science technicians find their jobs meaningful?

On average, agricultural and food science technicians rate the meaningfulness of their work a 2.6/5. The majority of agricultural and food science technicians struggle to find any sort of meaning in their work, likely resulting in less satisfaction with the career overall.

We asked agricultural and food science technicians how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:

2.6 out of 5 stars

170 agricultural and food science technicians

5 Star
7%

7% of agricultural and food science technicians rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars

4 Star
16%

16% of agricultural and food science technicians rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars

3 Star
25%

25% of agricultural and food science technicians rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars

2 Star
32%

32% of agricultural and food science technicians rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars

1 Star
19%

19% of agricultural and food science technicians rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars

How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as agricultural and food science technicians?

Agricultural and food science technicians rated their personality fit with their work an average of 3.4/5. The majority of agricultural and food science technicians find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.

We asked agricultural and food science technicians how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:

3.4 out of 5 stars

186 agricultural and food science technicians

5 Star
15%

15% of agricultural and food science technicians rated their career fit 5 stars

4 Star
40%

40% of agricultural and food science technicians rated their career fit 4 stars

3 Star
25%

25% of agricultural and food science technicians rated their career fit 3 stars

2 Star
13%

13% of agricultural and food science technicians rated their career fit 2 stars

1 Star
7%

7% of agricultural and food science technicians rated their career fit 1 stars

How enjoyable is an agricultural and food science technician’s work environment?

As a whole, agricultural and food science technicians rated their enjoyment of their work environment 3.3/5. A solid majority of agricultural and food science technicians enjoy their work environment, probably contributing to overall higher satisfaction with working as an agricultural and food science technician.

We asked agricultural and food science technicians how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:

3.3 out of 5 stars

188 agricultural and food science technicians

5 Star
12%

12% of agricultural and food science technicians rated their work environment 5 stars

4 Star
39%

39% of agricultural and food science technicians rated their work environment 4 stars

3 Star
25%

25% of agricultural and food science technicians rated their work environment 3 stars

2 Star
11%

11% of agricultural and food science technicians rated their work environment 2 stars

1 Star
12%

12% of agricultural and food science technicians rated their work environment 1 stars

Are agricultural and food science technicians making the best use of their abilities?

Former agricultural and food science technicians on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 2.8/5. Agricultural and food science technicians tend to feel that they don’t manage to use their abilities to their fullest, when compared to other careers.

We asked agricultural and food science technicians how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:

2.8 out of 5 stars

186 agricultural and food science technicians

5 Star
11%

11% of agricultural and food science technicians rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars

4 Star
19%

19% of agricultural and food science technicians rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars

3 Star
24%

24% of agricultural and food science technicians rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars

2 Star
28%

28% of agricultural and food science technicians rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars

1 Star
18%

18% of agricultural and food science technicians rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars