Dairy herdspeople 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, dairy herdspeople rate their career happiness 3.3 out of 5 stars which puts them in the top 46% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy dairy herdspeople 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Animal control worker | 3.4 | $39k |
| Faller | 3.4 | $48k |
| Plasterer | 3.3 | $48k |
| Rigger | 3.3 | $48k |
| Dairy farmer | 3.2 | $26k |
| Agricultural engineer | 3.2 | $83k |
| Grain elevator worker | 3.2 | $36k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are dairy herdspeople happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do dairy herdspeople find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as dairy herdspeople?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are dairy herdsperson’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are dairy herdspeople making the best use of their abilities?
Are dairy herdspeople happy with their salary?
Dairy herdspeople rated their satisfaction with their salaries 3.0/5. Few are explicitly unhappy with their salaries, with most dairy herdspeople having generally positive views of their salary.
We asked dairy herdspeople how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
3.0 out of 5 stars
27 dairy herdspeople
11% of dairy herdspeople rated their compensation 5 stars
33% of dairy herdspeople rated their compensation 4 stars
19% of dairy herdspeople rated their compensation 3 stars
19% of dairy herdspeople rated their compensation 2 stars
19% of dairy herdspeople rated their compensation 1 stars
Do dairy herdspeople find their jobs meaningful?
On average, dairy herdspeople rate the meaningfulness of their work a 3.1/5. Most tend to be satisified with the level of meaning they find in their careers.
We asked dairy herdspeople how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
3.1 out of 5 stars
27 dairy herdspeople
19% of dairy herdspeople rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
22% of dairy herdspeople rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
22% of dairy herdspeople rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
22% of dairy herdspeople rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
15% of dairy herdspeople rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as dairy herdspeople?
Dairy herdspeople rated their personality fit with their work an average of 3.9/5. The majority of dairy herdspeople find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked dairy herdspeople how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
3.9 out of 5 stars
27 dairy herdspeople
33% of dairy herdspeople rated their career fit 5 stars
41% of dairy herdspeople rated their career fit 4 stars
11% of dairy herdspeople rated their career fit 3 stars
11% of dairy herdspeople rated their career fit 2 stars
4% of dairy herdspeople rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is a dairy herdsperson’s work environment?
As a whole, dairy herdspeople rated their enjoyment of their work environment 3.9/5. A solid majority of dairy herdspeople enjoy their work environment, probably contributing to overall higher satisfaction with working as a dairy herdsperson.
We asked dairy herdspeople how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.9 out of 5 stars
27 dairy herdspeople
33% of dairy herdspeople rated their work environment 5 stars
30% of dairy herdspeople rated their work environment 4 stars
26% of dairy herdspeople rated their work environment 3 stars
11% of dairy herdspeople rated their work environment 2 stars
Are dairy herdspeople making the best use of their abilities?
Former dairy herdspeople on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 3.0/5. Dairy herdspeople tend to feel that they don’t manage to use their abilities to their fullest, when compared to other careers.
We asked dairy herdspeople how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
3.0 out of 5 stars
27 dairy herdspeople
22% of dairy herdspeople rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
7% of dairy herdspeople rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
33% of dairy herdspeople rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
26% of dairy herdspeople rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
11% of dairy herdspeople rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars