Drafters are below average when it comes to 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, drafters rate their career happiness 2.9 out of 5 stars which puts them in the bottom 26% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy drafters 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Electrician | 3.0 | $27k |
| Stonemason | 2.9 | $32k |
| Boilermaker | 2.9 | $70k |
| Industrial engineering technician | 2.9 | $44k |
| Information security analyst | 2.9 | $77k |
| Drafter | 2.9 | $45k |
| Ironworker | 2.9 | $44k |
| Chemical engineer | 2.9 | $91k |
| Nuclear engineer | 2.9 | $85k |
| Environmental engineer | 2.9 | $60k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are drafters happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do drafters find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as drafters?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are drafter’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are drafters making the best use of their abilities?
Are drafters happy with their salary?
Drafters rated their satisfaction with their salaries 3.0/5. Few are explicitly unhappy with their salaries, with most drafters having generally positive views of their salary.
We asked drafters how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
3.0 out of 5 stars
859 drafters
12% of drafters rated their compensation 5 stars
23% of drafters rated their compensation 4 stars
34% of drafters rated their compensation 3 stars
18% of drafters rated their compensation 2 stars
13% of drafters rated their compensation 1 stars
Do drafters find their jobs meaningful?
On average, drafters rate the meaningfulness of their work a 2.5/5. The majority of drafters struggle to find any sort of meaning in their work, likely resulting in less satisfaction with the career overall.
We asked drafters how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
2.5 out of 5 stars
876 drafters
8% of drafters rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
16% of drafters rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
24% of drafters rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
24% of drafters rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
27% of drafters rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as drafters?
Drafters rated their personality fit with their work an average of 3.6/5. The majority of drafters find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked drafters how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
3.6 out of 5 stars
957 drafters
22% of drafters rated their career fit 5 stars
36% of drafters rated their career fit 4 stars
26% of drafters rated their career fit 3 stars
11% of drafters rated their career fit 2 stars
5% of drafters rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is a drafter’s work environment?
As a whole, drafters rated their enjoyment of their work environment 3.3/5. Most of them tend to enjoy, or at least not be actively bothered by, their work environment.
We asked drafters how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.3 out of 5 stars
948 drafters
16% of drafters rated their work environment 5 stars
31% of drafters rated their work environment 4 stars
28% of drafters rated their work environment 3 stars
16% of drafters rated their work environment 2 stars
8% of drafters rated their work environment 1 stars
Are drafters making the best use of their abilities?
Former drafters on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 2.9/5. Drafters tend to feel that they don’t manage to use their abilities to their fullest, when compared to other careers.
We asked drafters how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
2.9 out of 5 stars
954 drafters
12% of drafters rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
22% of drafters rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
26% of drafters rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
24% of drafters rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
16% of drafters rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars