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
$64k
Art therapist
3.7
$48k
Exhibit designer
3.7
$54k
Fashion designer
3.6
$57k
Personal chef
3.6
$37k
Cake designer
3.6
$22k
Sommelier
3.4
$41k
Professional painter
3.2
$17k
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

5 Star
6%

6% of cake designers rated their compensation 5 stars

4 Star
15%

15% of cake designers rated their compensation 4 stars

3 Star
26%

26% of cake designers rated their compensation 3 stars

2 Star
31%

31% of cake designers rated their compensation 2 stars

1 Star
22%

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

5 Star
18%

18% of cake designers rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars

4 Star
19%

19% of cake designers rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars

3 Star
25%

25% of cake designers rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars

2 Star
26%

26% of cake designers rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars

1 Star
13%

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

5 Star
45%

45% of cake designers rated their career fit 5 stars

4 Star
36%

36% of cake designers rated their career fit 4 stars

3 Star
14%

14% of cake designers rated their career fit 3 stars

2 Star
4%

4% of cake designers rated their career fit 2 stars

1 Star
1%

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

5 Star
27%

27% of cake designers rated their work environment 5 stars

4 Star
31%

31% of cake designers rated their work environment 4 stars

3 Star
21%

21% of cake designers rated their work environment 3 stars

2 Star
17%

17% of cake designers rated their work environment 2 stars

1 Star
4%

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

5 Star
28%

28% of cake designers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars

4 Star
30%

30% of cake designers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars

3 Star
19%

19% of cake designers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars

2 Star
15%

15% of cake designers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars

1 Star
8%

8% of cake designers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars