Grounds maintenance workers 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, grounds maintenance workers rate their career happiness 3.0 out of 5 stars which puts them in the bottom 30% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy grounds maintenance workers 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arborist | 3.1 | $39k |
| Landscape architect | 3.1 | $70k |
| Irrigation technician | 3.1 | $30k |
| Nursery worker | 3.1 | $23k |
| Landscaper | 3.0 | $35k |
| Grounds maintenance worker | 3.0 | $29k |
| Lawn care specialist | 2.8 | $37k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are grounds maintenance workers happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do grounds maintenance workers find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as grounds maintenance workers?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are grounds maintenance worker’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are grounds maintenance workers making the best use of their abilities?