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
$60k
Stonemason
2.9
$48k
Boilermaker
2.9
$64k
Industrial engineering technician
2.9
$60k
Information security analyst
2.9
$98k
Drafter
2.9
$60k
Ironworker
2.9
$59k
Chemical engineer
2.9
$106k
Nuclear engineer
2.9
$120k
Environmental engineer
2.9
$97k

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

5 Star
12%

12% of drafters rated their compensation 5 stars

4 Star
23%

23% of drafters rated their compensation 4 stars

3 Star
34%

34% of drafters rated their compensation 3 stars

2 Star
18%

18% of drafters rated their compensation 2 stars

1 Star
13%

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

5 Star
8%

8% of drafters rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars

4 Star
16%

16% of drafters rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars

3 Star
24%

24% of drafters rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars

2 Star
24%

24% of drafters rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars

1 Star
27%

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

5 Star
22%

22% of drafters rated their career fit 5 stars

4 Star
36%

36% of drafters rated their career fit 4 stars

3 Star
26%

26% of drafters rated their career fit 3 stars

2 Star
11%

11% of drafters rated their career fit 2 stars

1 Star
5%

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

5 Star
16%

16% of drafters rated their work environment 5 stars

4 Star
31%

31% of drafters rated their work environment 4 stars

3 Star
28%

28% of drafters rated their work environment 3 stars

2 Star
16%

16% of drafters rated their work environment 2 stars

1 Star
8%

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

5 Star
12%

12% of drafters rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars

4 Star
22%

22% of drafters rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars

3 Star
26%

26% of drafters rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars

2 Star
24%

24% of drafters rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars

1 Star
16%

16% of drafters rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars