Health educators rate their happiness above average.
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, health educators rate their career happiness 3.5 out of 5 stars which puts them in the top 31% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy health educators 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Acupuncturist | 3.7 | $74k |
| Counseling psychologist | 3.6 | $80k |
| Clergy | 3.6 | $50k |
| Principal | 3.5 | $98k |
| Counselor | 3.5 | $55k |
| Health educator | 3.5 | $61k |
| Physical education teacher | 3.5 | $72k |
| School counselor | 3.5 | $61k |
| Massage therapist | 3.4 | $47k |
| Graduate teaching assistant | 3.4 | $33k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are health educators happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do health educators find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as health educators?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are health educator’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are health educators making the best use of their abilities?
Are health educators happy with their salary?
Health educators rated their satisfaction with their salaries 2.8/5. Health educators tend to be quite unhappy with their salary, with very few reporting satisfaction with their pay.
We asked health educators how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
2.8 out of 5 stars
592 health educators
11% of health educators rated their compensation 5 stars
18% of health educators rated their compensation 4 stars
30% of health educators rated their compensation 3 stars
25% of health educators rated their compensation 2 stars
16% of health educators rated their compensation 1 stars
Do health educators find their jobs meaningful?
On average, health educators rate the meaningfulness of their work a 3.7/5. Unlike many careers, health educators have little difficulty finding meaning in their work, and it likely constitutes one of the main reasons people become health educators.
We asked health educators how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
3.7 out of 5 stars
600 health educators
25% of health educators rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
41% of health educators rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
20% of health educators rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
9% of health educators rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
6% of health educators rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as health educators?
Health educators rated their personality fit with their work an average of 4.1/5. The majority of health educators find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked health educators how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
4.1 out of 5 stars
659 health educators
39% of health educators rated their career fit 5 stars
39% of health educators rated their career fit 4 stars
14% of health educators rated their career fit 3 stars
5% of health educators rated their career fit 2 stars
2% of health educators rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is a health educator’s work environment?
As a whole, health educators rated their enjoyment of their work environment 3.7/5. A solid majority of health educators enjoy their work environment, probably contributing to overall higher satisfaction with working as a health educator.
We asked health educators how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.7 out of 5 stars
650 health educators
24% of health educators rated their work environment 5 stars
38% of health educators rated their work environment 4 stars
25% of health educators rated their work environment 3 stars
8% of health educators rated their work environment 2 stars
4% of health educators rated their work environment 1 stars
Are health educators making the best use of their abilities?
Former health educators on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 3.4/5. Most health educators surveyed find that they manage to use their abilities to their fullest as a health educator, which helps contribute to higher career satisfaction in the long term.
We asked health educators how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
3.4 out of 5 stars
657 health educators
19% of health educators rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
32% of health educators rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
26% of health educators rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
16% of health educators rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
8% of health educators rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars