Biochemists 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, biochemists rate their career happiness 3.3 out of 5 stars which puts them in the top 44% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy biochemists 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Epidemiologist | 3.4 | $79k |
| Hydrologist | 3.4 | $84k |
| Biomedical engineer | 3.4 | $97k |
| Biologist | 3.3 | $83k |
| Biostatistician | 3.3 | $96k |
| Biochemist | 3.3 | $102k |
| Geospatial information scientist | 3.3 | $90k |
| Geodesist | 3.3 | $62k |
| Geologist | 3.3 | $84k |
| Scientist | 3.3 | $87k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are biochemists happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do biochemists find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as biochemists?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are biochemist’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are biochemists making the best use of their abilities?
Are biochemists happy with their salary?
Biochemists rated their satisfaction with their salaries 3.0/5. Biochemists tend to be quite unhappy with their salary, with very few reporting satisfaction with their pay.
We asked biochemists how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
3.0 out of 5 stars
474 biochemists
13% of biochemists rated their compensation 5 stars
22% of biochemists rated their compensation 4 stars
30% of biochemists rated their compensation 3 stars
22% of biochemists rated their compensation 2 stars
13% of biochemists rated their compensation 1 stars
Do biochemists find their jobs meaningful?
On average, biochemists rate the meaningfulness of their work a 3.2/5. Most tend to be satisified with the level of meaning they find in their careers.
We asked biochemists how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
3.2 out of 5 stars
491 biochemists
21% of biochemists rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
21% of biochemists rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
25% of biochemists rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
20% of biochemists rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
12% of biochemists rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as biochemists?
Biochemists rated their personality fit with their work an average of 3.7/5. The majority of biochemists find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked biochemists how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
3.7 out of 5 stars
543 biochemists
26% of biochemists rated their career fit 5 stars
37% of biochemists rated their career fit 4 stars
24% of biochemists rated their career fit 3 stars
9% of biochemists rated their career fit 2 stars
3% of biochemists rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is a biochemist’s work environment?
As a whole, biochemists rated their enjoyment of their work environment 3.5/5. A solid majority of biochemists enjoy their work environment, probably contributing to overall higher satisfaction with working as a biochemist.
We asked biochemists how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.5 out of 5 stars
542 biochemists
23% of biochemists rated their work environment 5 stars
31% of biochemists rated their work environment 4 stars
27% of biochemists rated their work environment 3 stars
14% of biochemists rated their work environment 2 stars
5% of biochemists rated their work environment 1 stars
Are biochemists making the best use of their abilities?
Former biochemists on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 3.3/5. Most biochemists are satisfied with how well their abilities are skills are made of use.
We asked biochemists how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
3.3 out of 5 stars
546 biochemists
22% of biochemists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
24% of biochemists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
28% of biochemists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
17% of biochemists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
9% of biochemists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars