Educational 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, educational administrators rate their career happiness 3.2 out of 5 stars which puts them in the bottom 49% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy educational 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 |
| 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 |
| Special education teacher | 3.1 | $54k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are educational administrators happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do educational administrators find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as educational administrators?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are educational administrator’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are educational administrators making the best use of their abilities?
Are educational administrators happy with their salary?
Educational administrators rated their satisfaction with their salaries 3.0/5. Educational administrators tend to be quite unhappy with their salary, with very few reporting satisfaction with their pay.
We asked educational administrators how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
3.0 out of 5 stars
790 educational administrators
11% of educational administrators rated their compensation 5 stars
23% of educational administrators rated their compensation 4 stars
29% of educational administrators rated their compensation 3 stars
23% of educational administrators rated their compensation 2 stars
14% of educational administrators rated their compensation 1 stars
Do educational administrators find their jobs meaningful?
On average, educational administrators rate the meaningfulness of their work a 3.3/5. Most tend to be satisified with the level of meaning they find in their careers.
We asked educational administrators how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
3.3 out of 5 stars
794 educational administrators
21% of educational administrators rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
28% of educational administrators rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
24% of educational administrators rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
16% of educational administrators rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
11% of educational administrators rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as educational administrators?
Educational administrators rated their personality fit with their work an average of 3.9/5. The majority of educational administrators find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked educational administrators how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
3.9 out of 5 stars
877 educational administrators
30% of educational administrators rated their career fit 5 stars
43% of educational administrators rated their career fit 4 stars
19% of educational administrators rated their career fit 3 stars
5% of educational administrators rated their career fit 2 stars
3% of educational administrators rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is an educational administrator’s work environment?
As a whole, educational administrators rated their enjoyment of their work environment 3.6/5. A solid majority of educational administrators enjoy their work environment, probably contributing to overall higher satisfaction with working as an educational administrator.
We asked educational administrators how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.6 out of 5 stars
884 educational administrators
24% of educational administrators rated their work environment 5 stars
36% of educational administrators rated their work environment 4 stars
24% of educational administrators rated their work environment 3 stars
13% of educational administrators rated their work environment 2 stars
3% of educational administrators rated their work environment 1 stars
Are educational administrators making the best use of their abilities?
Former educational administrators on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 3.3/5. Most educational administrators are satisfied with how well their abilities are skills are made of use.
We asked educational administrators how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
3.3 out of 5 stars
884 educational administrators
19% of educational administrators rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
26% of educational administrators rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
26% of educational administrators rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
20% of educational administrators rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
9% of educational administrators rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars