Biostatisticians 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, biostatisticians rate their career happiness 3.3 out of 5 stars which puts them in the top 42% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy biostatisticians 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Natural sciences manager | 3.4 | $138k |
| 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 |
| 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 biostatisticians happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do biostatisticians find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as biostatisticians?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are biostatistician’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are biostatisticians making the best use of their abilities?
Are biostatisticians happy with their salary?
Biostatisticians rated their satisfaction with their salaries 3.6/5. The majority of biostatisticians are quite happy with their salaries, with very few having complaints about their income level.
We asked biostatisticians how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
3.6 out of 5 stars
29 biostatisticians
28% of biostatisticians rated their compensation 5 stars
31% of biostatisticians rated their compensation 4 stars
24% of biostatisticians rated their compensation 3 stars
14% of biostatisticians rated their compensation 2 stars
3% of biostatisticians rated their compensation 1 stars
Do biostatisticians find their jobs meaningful?
On average, biostatisticians rate the meaningfulness of their work a 3.2/5. Unlike many careers, biostatisticians have little difficulty finding meaning in their work, and it likely constitutes one of the main reasons people become biostatisticians.
We asked biostatisticians how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
3.2 out of 5 stars
29 biostatisticians
21% of biostatisticians rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
31% of biostatisticians rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
14% of biostatisticians rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
17% of biostatisticians rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
17% of biostatisticians rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as biostatisticians?
Biostatisticians rated their personality fit with their work an average of 3.4/5. The majority of biostatisticians find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked biostatisticians how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
3.4 out of 5 stars
33 biostatisticians
21% of biostatisticians rated their career fit 5 stars
30% of biostatisticians rated their career fit 4 stars
27% of biostatisticians rated their career fit 3 stars
9% of biostatisticians rated their career fit 2 stars
12% of biostatisticians rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is a biostatistician’s work environment?
As a whole, biostatisticians rated their enjoyment of their work environment 3.5/5. A solid majority of biostatisticians enjoy their work environment, probably contributing to overall higher satisfaction with working as a biostatistician.
We asked biostatisticians how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.5 out of 5 stars
33 biostatisticians
18% of biostatisticians rated their work environment 5 stars
36% of biostatisticians rated their work environment 4 stars
21% of biostatisticians rated their work environment 3 stars
21% of biostatisticians rated their work environment 2 stars
3% of biostatisticians rated their work environment 1 stars
Are biostatisticians making the best use of their abilities?
Former biostatisticians on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 3.4/5. Most biostatisticians surveyed find that they manage to use their abilities to their fullest as a biostatistician, which helps contribute to higher career satisfaction in the long term.
We asked biostatisticians how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
3.4 out of 5 stars
33 biostatisticians
15% of biostatisticians rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
45% of biostatisticians rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
9% of biostatisticians rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
21% of biostatisticians rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
9% of biostatisticians rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars