Cake designers rate their happiness above average.
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, cake designers rate their career happiness 3.6 out of 5 stars which puts them in the top 27% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy cake designers 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Art director | 3.8 | $101k |
| Art therapist | 3.7 | $48k |
| Exhibit designer | 3.7 | $55k |
| Fashion designer | 3.6 | $77k |
| Personal chef | 3.6 | $43k |
| Cake designer | 3.6 | $22k |
| Sommelier | 3.4 | $41k |
| Professional painter | 3.2 | $37k |
| Pastry chef | 3.2 | $26k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are cake designers happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do cake designers find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as cake designers?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are cake designer’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are cake designers making the best use of their abilities?
Are cake designers happy with their salary?
Cake designers rated their satisfaction with their salaries 2.5/5. Most cake designers do not feel that their salaries adequately reflect their work, and are actively unhappy with their income.
We asked cake designers how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
2.5 out of 5 stars
256 cake designers
6% of cake designers rated their compensation 5 stars
15% of cake designers rated their compensation 4 stars
26% of cake designers rated their compensation 3 stars
31% of cake designers rated their compensation 2 stars
22% of cake designers rated their compensation 1 stars
Do cake designers find their jobs meaningful?
On average, cake designers rate the meaningfulness of their work a 3.0/5. While most cake designers aren’t very fulfilled by their work, some people may still manage to find meaning in it.
We asked cake designers how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
3.0 out of 5 stars
257 cake designers
18% of cake designers rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
19% of cake designers rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
25% of cake designers rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
26% of cake designers rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
13% of cake designers rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as cake designers?
Cake designers rated their personality fit with their work an average of 4.2/5. The majority of cake designers find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked cake designers how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
4.2 out of 5 stars
281 cake designers
45% of cake designers rated their career fit 5 stars
36% of cake designers rated their career fit 4 stars
14% of cake designers rated their career fit 3 stars
4% of cake designers rated their career fit 2 stars
1% of cake designers rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is a cake designer’s work environment?
As a whole, cake designers rated their enjoyment of their work environment 3.6/5. A solid majority of cake designers enjoy their work environment, probably contributing to overall higher satisfaction with working as a cake designer.
We asked cake designers how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.6 out of 5 stars
281 cake designers
27% of cake designers rated their work environment 5 stars
31% of cake designers rated their work environment 4 stars
21% of cake designers rated their work environment 3 stars
17% of cake designers rated their work environment 2 stars
4% of cake designers rated their work environment 1 stars
Are cake designers making the best use of their abilities?
Former cake designers on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 3.5/5. Most cake designers surveyed find that they manage to use their abilities to their fullest as a cake designer, which helps contribute to higher career satisfaction in the long term.
We asked cake designers how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
3.5 out of 5 stars
280 cake designers
28% of cake designers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
30% of cake designers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
19% of cake designers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
15% of cake designers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
8% of cake designers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars