Exercise physiologists 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, exercise physiologists rate their career happiness 3.3 out of 5 stars which puts them in the top 42% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy exercise physiologists 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Health educator | 3.5 | $61k |
| Physical education teacher | 3.5 | $72k |
| Fitness coordinator | 3.5 | $91k |
| Massage therapist | 3.4 | $47k |
| Athletic trainer | 3.3 | $48k |
| Exercise physiologist | 3.3 | $48k |
| Kinesiologist | 3.3 | $31k |
| Nutritionist | 3.3 | $32k |
| Physical therapist | 3.3 | $96k |
| Physical therapist assistant | 3.2 | $61k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are exercise physiologists happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do exercise physiologists find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as exercise physiologists?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are exercise physiologist’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are exercise physiologists making the best use of their abilities?
Are exercise physiologists happy with their salary?
Exercise physiologists rated their satisfaction with their salaries 2.7/5. Exercise physiologists tend to be quite unhappy with their salary, with very few reporting satisfaction with their pay.
We asked exercise physiologists how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
2.7 out of 5 stars
262 exercise physiologists
6% of exercise physiologists rated their compensation 5 stars
17% of exercise physiologists rated their compensation 4 stars
35% of exercise physiologists rated their compensation 3 stars
24% of exercise physiologists rated their compensation 2 stars
17% of exercise physiologists rated their compensation 1 stars
Do exercise physiologists find their jobs meaningful?
On average, exercise physiologists 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 exercise physiologists how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
3.3 out of 5 stars
266 exercise physiologists
16% of exercise physiologists rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
32% of exercise physiologists rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
25% of exercise physiologists rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
17% of exercise physiologists rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
10% of exercise physiologists rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as exercise physiologists?
Exercise physiologists rated their personality fit with their work an average of 3.9/5. The majority of exercise physiologists find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked exercise physiologists how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
3.9 out of 5 stars
307 exercise physiologists
29% of exercise physiologists rated their career fit 5 stars
43% of exercise physiologists rated their career fit 4 stars
20% of exercise physiologists rated their career fit 3 stars
6% of exercise physiologists rated their career fit 2 stars
2% of exercise physiologists rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is an exercise physiologist’s work environment?
As a whole, exercise physiologists rated their enjoyment of their work environment 3.6/5. A solid majority of exercise physiologists enjoy their work environment, probably contributing to overall higher satisfaction with working as an exercise physiologist.
We asked exercise physiologists how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.6 out of 5 stars
293 exercise physiologists
20% of exercise physiologists rated their work environment 5 stars
39% of exercise physiologists rated their work environment 4 stars
26% of exercise physiologists rated their work environment 3 stars
9% of exercise physiologists rated their work environment 2 stars
5% of exercise physiologists rated their work environment 1 stars
Are exercise physiologists making the best use of their abilities?
Former exercise physiologists on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 3.3/5. Most exercise physiologists are satisfied with how well their abilities are skills are made of use.
We asked exercise physiologists how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
3.3 out of 5 stars
293 exercise physiologists
14% of exercise physiologists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
33% of exercise physiologists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
28% of exercise physiologists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
17% of exercise physiologists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
8% of exercise physiologists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars