Artillery crew members are one of the least happy 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, artillery crew members rate their career happiness 2.8 out of 5 stars which puts them in the bottom 20% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy artillery crew members 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Shipmate | 3.1 | $82k |
| Armored assault vehicle crew member | 3.0 | $35k |
| Infantry soldier | 3.0 | $31k |
| Sailor | 2.9 | $47k |
| Command and control center specialist | 2.9 | $37k |
| Artillery crew member | 2.8 | $35k |
| Security guard | 2.6 | $31k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are artillery crew members happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do artillery crew members find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as artillery crew members?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are artillery crew member’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are artillery crew members making the best use of their abilities?
Are artillery crew members happy with their salary?
Artillery crew members rated their satisfaction with their salaries 2.7/5. Artillery crew members tend to be quite unhappy with their salary, with very few reporting satisfaction with their pay.
We asked artillery crew members how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
2.7 out of 5 stars
99 artillery crew members
13% of artillery crew members rated their compensation 5 stars
14% of artillery crew members rated their compensation 4 stars
27% of artillery crew members rated their compensation 3 stars
20% of artillery crew members rated their compensation 2 stars
25% of artillery crew members rated their compensation 1 stars
Do artillery crew members find their jobs meaningful?
On average, artillery crew members rate the meaningfulness of their work a 3.1/5. Most tend to be satisified with the level of meaning they find in their careers.
We asked artillery crew members how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
3.1 out of 5 stars
99 artillery crew members
22% of artillery crew members rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
26% of artillery crew members rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
19% of artillery crew members rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
7% of artillery crew members rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
25% of artillery crew members rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as artillery crew members?
Artillery crew members rated their personality fit with their work an average of 3.8/5. The majority of artillery crew members find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked artillery crew members how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
3.8 out of 5 stars
108 artillery crew members
33% of artillery crew members rated their career fit 5 stars
39% of artillery crew members rated their career fit 4 stars
12% of artillery crew members rated their career fit 3 stars
8% of artillery crew members rated their career fit 2 stars
7% of artillery crew members rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is an artillery crew member’s work environment?
As a whole, artillery crew members rated their enjoyment of their work environment 3.4/5. A solid majority of artillery crew members enjoy their work environment, probably contributing to overall higher satisfaction with working as an artillery crew member.
We asked artillery crew members how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.4 out of 5 stars
108 artillery crew members
22% of artillery crew members rated their work environment 5 stars
30% of artillery crew members rated their work environment 4 stars
23% of artillery crew members rated their work environment 3 stars
13% of artillery crew members rated their work environment 2 stars
12% of artillery crew members rated their work environment 1 stars
Are artillery crew members making the best use of their abilities?
Former artillery crew members on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 3.2/5. Most artillery crew members are satisfied with how well their abilities are skills are made of use.
We asked artillery crew members how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
3.2 out of 5 stars
108 artillery crew members
22% of artillery crew members rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
24% of artillery crew members rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
24% of artillery crew members rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
13% of artillery crew members rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
17% of artillery crew members rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars