Animal lawyers are one of the happiest careers in the United States.

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, animal lawyers rate their career happiness 3.9 out of 5 stars which puts them in the top 12% of careers.

To put this into perspective, we compared how happy animal lawyers 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
Marine biologist
4.1
$32k
Animal breeder
4.0
$19k
Dog trainer
3.9
$26k
Aquarist
3.8
$28k
Animal caretaker
3.7
$3k