Food product development technicians are one of the least happy careers in the United States.
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, food product development technicians rate their career happiness 2.8 out of 5 stars which puts them in the bottom 16% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy food product development technicians 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Registered dietitian | 2.9 | $62k |
| Caterer | 2.9 | $28k |
| Food safety and quality technician | 2.9 | $36k |
| Quality control inspector | 2.8 | $49k |
| Transportation planner | 2.8 | $84k |
| Mail superintendent | 2.7 | $80k |
| Meter reader | 2.7 | $46k |
| Restaurant manager | 2.7 | $59k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are food product development technicians happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do food product development technicians find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as food product development technicians?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are food product development technician’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are food product development technicians making the best use of their abilities?
Are food product development technicians happy with their salary?
Food product development technicians rated their satisfaction with their salaries 3.2/5. Food product development technicians tend to be quite unhappy with their salary, with very few reporting satisfaction with their pay.
We asked food product development technicians how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
3.2 out of 5 stars
25 food product development technicians
4% of food product development technicians rated their compensation 5 stars
32% of food product development technicians rated their compensation 4 stars
44% of food product development technicians rated their compensation 3 stars
20% of food product development technicians rated their compensation 2 stars
Do food product development technicians find their jobs meaningful?
On average, food product development technicians rate the meaningfulness of their work a 2.4/5. While most food product development technicians aren’t very fulfilled by their work, some people may still manage to find meaning in it.
We asked food product development technicians how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
2.4 out of 5 stars
25 food product development technicians
16% of food product development technicians rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
28% of food product development technicians rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
40% of food product development technicians rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
16% of food product development technicians rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as food product development technicians?
Food product development technicians rated their personality fit with their work an average of 3.6/5. The majority of food product development technicians find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked food product development technicians how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
3.6 out of 5 stars
26 food product development technicians
12% of food product development technicians rated their career fit 5 stars
54% of food product development technicians rated their career fit 4 stars
19% of food product development technicians rated their career fit 3 stars
15% of food product development technicians rated their career fit 2 stars
How enjoyable is a food product development technician’s work environment?
As a whole, food product development technicians rated their enjoyment of their work environment 3.1/5. Most of them tend to enjoy, or at least not be actively bothered by, their work environment.
We asked food product development technicians how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.1 out of 5 stars
26 food product development technicians
8% of food product development technicians rated their work environment 5 stars
31% of food product development technicians rated their work environment 4 stars
31% of food product development technicians rated their work environment 3 stars
27% of food product development technicians rated their work environment 2 stars
4% of food product development technicians rated their work environment 1 stars
Are food product development technicians making the best use of their abilities?
Former food product development technicians on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 2.7/5. Food product development technicians tend to feel that they don’t manage to use their abilities to their fullest, when compared to other careers.
We asked food product development technicians how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
2.7 out of 5 stars
26 food product development technicians
4% of food product development technicians rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
12% of food product development technicians rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
50% of food product development technicians rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
19% of food product development technicians rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
15% of food product development technicians rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars