Environmental engineers 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, environmental engineers rate their career happiness 2.9 out of 5 stars which puts them in the bottom 23% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy environmental engineers 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ship engineer | 3.0 | $75k |
| Water engineer | 3.0 | $89k |
| Industrial engineering technician | 2.9 | $57k |
| Chemical engineer | 2.9 | $106k |
| Nuclear engineer | 2.9 | $106k |
| Environmental engineer | 2.9 | $89k |
| Industrial engineer | 2.9 | $86k |
| Power engineer | 2.8 | $62k |
| Sales engineer | 2.8 | $99k |
| Civil engineer | 2.8 | $76k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are environmental engineers happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do environmental engineers find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as environmental engineers?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are environmental engineer’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are environmental engineers making the best use of their abilities?