Dairy farm workers 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 farm workers 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 farm workers 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 farm workers happy with their salary?
  • Meaning: Do dairy farm workers find their jobs meaningful?
  • Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as dairy farm workers?
  • Work environment: How enjoyable are dairy farm worker’s work environments?
  • Skills utilization: Are dairy farm workers making the best use of their abilities?

Are dairy farm workers happy with their salary?

Dairy farm workers rated their satisfaction with their salaries 3.0/5. Few are explicitly unhappy with their salaries, with most dairy farm workers having generally positive views of their salary.

We asked dairy farm workers how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:

3.0 out of 5 stars

27 dairy farm workers

5 Star
11%

11% of dairy farm workers rated their compensation 5 stars

4 Star
33%

33% of dairy farm workers rated their compensation 4 stars

3 Star
19%

19% of dairy farm workers rated their compensation 3 stars

2 Star
19%

19% of dairy farm workers rated their compensation 2 stars

1 Star
19%

19% of dairy farm workers rated their compensation 1 stars

Do dairy farm workers find their jobs meaningful?

On average, dairy farm workers 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 farm workers how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:

3.1 out of 5 stars

27 dairy farm workers

5 Star
19%

19% of dairy farm workers rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars

4 Star
22%

22% of dairy farm workers rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars

3 Star
22%

22% of dairy farm workers rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars

2 Star
22%

22% of dairy farm workers rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars

1 Star
15%

15% of dairy farm workers rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars

How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as dairy farm workers?

Dairy farm workers rated their personality fit with their work an average of 3.9/5. The majority of dairy farm workers find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.

We asked dairy farm workers how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:

3.9 out of 5 stars

27 dairy farm workers

5 Star
33%

33% of dairy farm workers rated their career fit 5 stars

4 Star
41%

41% of dairy farm workers rated their career fit 4 stars

3 Star
11%

11% of dairy farm workers rated their career fit 3 stars

2 Star
11%

11% of dairy farm workers rated their career fit 2 stars

1 Star
4%

4% of dairy farm workers rated their career fit 1 stars

How enjoyable is a dairy farm worker’s work environment?

As a whole, dairy farm workers rated their enjoyment of their work environment 3.9/5. A solid majority of dairy farm workers enjoy their work environment, probably contributing to overall higher satisfaction with working as a dairy farm worker.

We asked dairy farm workers how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:

3.9 out of 5 stars

27 dairy farm workers

5 Star
33%

33% of dairy farm workers rated their work environment 5 stars

4 Star
30%

30% of dairy farm workers rated their work environment 4 stars

3 Star
26%

26% of dairy farm workers rated their work environment 3 stars

2 Star
11%

11% of dairy farm workers rated their work environment 2 stars

Are dairy farm workers making the best use of their abilities?

Former dairy farm workers on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 3.0/5. Dairy farm workers tend to feel that they don’t manage to use their abilities to their fullest, when compared to other careers.

We asked dairy farm workers how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:

3.0 out of 5 stars

27 dairy farm workers

5 Star
22%

22% of dairy farm workers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars

4 Star
7%

7% of dairy farm workers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars

3 Star
33%

33% of dairy farm workers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars

2 Star
26%

26% of dairy farm workers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars

1 Star
11%

11% of dairy farm workers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars