Childcare program administrators 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, childcare program administrators rate their career happiness 3.2 out of 5 stars which puts them in the top 50% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy childcare program administrators 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 |
|---|---|---|
| School counselor | 3.5 | $38k |
| Graduate teaching assistant | 3.4 | $20k |
| Teacher assistant | 3.3 | $20k |
| Nanny | 3.3 | $9k |
| Community health worker | 3.2 | $28k |
| Childcare program administrator | 3.2 | $31k |
| Educational administrator | 3.2 | $65k |
| Childcare worker | 3.2 | $2k |
| Distance learning coordinator | 3.2 | $79k |
| Preschool teacher | 3.2 | $9k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are childcare program administrators happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do childcare program administrators find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as childcare program administrators?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are childcare program administrator’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are childcare program administrators making the best use of their abilities?
Are childcare program administrators happy with their salary?
Childcare program administrators rated their satisfaction with their salaries 2.7/5. Childcare program administrators tend to be quite unhappy with their salary, with very few reporting satisfaction with their pay.
We asked childcare program administrators how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
2.7 out of 5 stars
234 childcare program administrators
12% of childcare program administrators rated their compensation 5 stars
16% of childcare program administrators rated their compensation 4 stars
24% of childcare program administrators rated their compensation 3 stars
24% of childcare program administrators rated their compensation 2 stars
24% of childcare program administrators rated their compensation 1 stars
Do childcare program administrators find their jobs meaningful?
On average, childcare program administrators rate the meaningfulness of their work a 3.5/5. Unlike many careers, childcare program administrators have little difficulty finding meaning in their work, and it likely constitutes one of the main reasons people become childcare program administrators.
We asked childcare program administrators how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
3.5 out of 5 stars
235 childcare program administrators
26% of childcare program administrators rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
27% of childcare program administrators rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
26% of childcare program administrators rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
13% of childcare program administrators rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
8% of childcare program administrators rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as childcare program administrators?
Childcare program administrators rated their personality fit with their work an average of 4.0/5. The majority of childcare program administrators find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked childcare program administrators how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
4.0 out of 5 stars
252 childcare program administrators
40% of childcare program administrators rated their career fit 5 stars
34% of childcare program administrators rated their career fit 4 stars
14% of childcare program administrators rated their career fit 3 stars
9% of childcare program administrators rated their career fit 2 stars
3% of childcare program administrators rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is a childcare program administrator’s work environment?
As a whole, childcare program administrators rated their enjoyment of their work environment 3.6/5. A solid majority of childcare program administrators enjoy their work environment, probably contributing to overall higher satisfaction with working as a childcare program administrator.
We asked childcare program administrators how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.6 out of 5 stars
254 childcare program administrators
27% of childcare program administrators rated their work environment 5 stars
31% of childcare program administrators rated their work environment 4 stars
23% of childcare program administrators rated their work environment 3 stars
13% of childcare program administrators rated their work environment 2 stars
7% of childcare program administrators rated their work environment 1 stars
Are childcare program administrators making the best use of their abilities?
Former childcare program administrators on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 3.4/5. Most childcare program administrators are satisfied with how well their abilities are skills are made of use.
We asked childcare program administrators how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
3.4 out of 5 stars
254 childcare program administrators
23% of childcare program administrators rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
24% of childcare program administrators rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
28% of childcare program administrators rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
17% of childcare program administrators rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
8% of childcare program administrators rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars