Agricultural engineers are about average in terms of 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 engineers rate their career happiness 3.2 out of 5 stars which puts them in the top 49% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy agricultural engineers 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Geodesist | 3.3 | $62k |
| Rigger | 3.3 | $48k |
| Energy auditor | 3.2 | $75k |
| Dairy farmer | 3.2 | $26k |
| Agricultural engineer | 3.2 | $83k |
| Grain elevator worker | 3.2 | $36k |
| Soil and water conservationist | 3.2 | $64k |
| Industrial ecologist | 3.2 | $77k |
| Marine engineer | 3.2 | $93k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are agricultural engineers happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do agricultural engineers find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as agricultural engineers?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are agricultural engineer’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are agricultural engineers making the best use of their abilities?
Are agricultural engineers happy with their salary?
Agricultural engineers rated their satisfaction with their salaries 3.0/5. Few are explicitly unhappy with their salaries, with most agricultural engineers having generally positive views of their salary.
We asked agricultural engineers how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
3.0 out of 5 stars
56 agricultural engineers
7% of agricultural engineers rated their compensation 5 stars
29% of agricultural engineers rated their compensation 4 stars
32% of agricultural engineers rated their compensation 3 stars
18% of agricultural engineers rated their compensation 2 stars
14% of agricultural engineers rated their compensation 1 stars
Do agricultural engineers find their jobs meaningful?
On average, agricultural engineers rate the meaningfulness of their work a 3.3/5. Most tend to be satisified with the level of meaning they find in their careers.
We asked agricultural engineers how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
3.3 out of 5 stars
56 agricultural engineers
21% of agricultural engineers rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
27% of agricultural engineers rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
23% of agricultural engineers rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
13% of agricultural engineers rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
16% of agricultural engineers rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as agricultural engineers?
Agricultural engineers rated their personality fit with their work an average of 4.0/5. The majority of agricultural engineers find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked agricultural engineers how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
4.0 out of 5 stars
60 agricultural engineers
37% of agricultural engineers rated their career fit 5 stars
38% of agricultural engineers rated their career fit 4 stars
18% of agricultural engineers rated their career fit 3 stars
2% of agricultural engineers rated their career fit 2 stars
5% of agricultural engineers rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is an agricultural engineer’s work environment?
As a whole, agricultural engineers rated their enjoyment of their work environment 3.7/5. A solid majority of agricultural engineers enjoy their work environment, probably contributing to overall higher satisfaction with working as an agricultural engineer.
We asked agricultural engineers how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.7 out of 5 stars
61 agricultural engineers
25% of agricultural engineers rated their work environment 5 stars
39% of agricultural engineers rated their work environment 4 stars
23% of agricultural engineers rated their work environment 3 stars
3% of agricultural engineers rated their work environment 2 stars
10% of agricultural engineers rated their work environment 1 stars
Are agricultural engineers making the best use of their abilities?
Former agricultural engineers on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 3.3/5. Most agricultural engineers surveyed find that they manage to use their abilities to their fullest as an agricultural engineer, which helps contribute to higher career satisfaction in the long term.
We asked agricultural engineers how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
3.3 out of 5 stars
61 agricultural engineers
21% of agricultural engineers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
31% of agricultural engineers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
18% of agricultural engineers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
18% of agricultural engineers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
11% of agricultural engineers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars