Hospitalists 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, hospitalists rate their career happiness 2.9 out of 5 stars which puts them in the bottom 26% of careers.

To put this into perspective, we compared how happy hospitalists 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
Diagnostic medical sonographer
3.0
$43k
Optometrist
3.0
$96k
Medical appliance technician
2.9
$41k
Medical laboratory technician
2.9
$45k
Radiologic technologist
2.9
$36k
Hospitalist
2.9
$201k
Respiratory therapist
2.9
$63k
Ophthalmic medical technician
2.9
$21k
Optician
2.9
$23k
Podiatrist
2.9
$141k

So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:

  • Salary: Are hospitalists happy with their salary?
  • Meaning: Do hospitalists find their jobs meaningful?
  • Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as hospitalists?
  • Work environment: How enjoyable are hospitalist’s work environments?
  • Skills utilization: Are hospitalists making the best use of their abilities?

Are hospitalists happy with their salary?

Hospitalists rated their satisfaction with their salaries 2.6/5. Hospitalists tend to be quite unhappy with their salary, with very few reporting satisfaction with their pay.

We asked hospitalists how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:

2.6 out of 5 stars

141 hospitalists

5 Star
7%

7% of hospitalists rated their compensation 5 stars

4 Star
18%

18% of hospitalists rated their compensation 4 stars

3 Star
26%

26% of hospitalists rated their compensation 3 stars

2 Star
24%

24% of hospitalists rated their compensation 2 stars

1 Star
25%

25% of hospitalists rated their compensation 1 stars

Do hospitalists find their jobs meaningful?

On average, hospitalists rate the meaningfulness of their work a 2.6/5. While most hospitalists aren’t very fulfilled by their work, some people may still manage to find meaning in it.

We asked hospitalists how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:

2.6 out of 5 stars

141 hospitalists

5 Star
10%

10% of hospitalists rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars

4 Star
18%

18% of hospitalists rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars

3 Star
23%

23% of hospitalists rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars

2 Star
25%

25% of hospitalists rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars

1 Star
25%

25% of hospitalists rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars

How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as hospitalists?

Hospitalists rated their personality fit with their work an average of 3.7/5. The majority of hospitalists find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.

We asked hospitalists how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:

3.7 out of 5 stars

143 hospitalists

5 Star
36%

36% of hospitalists rated their career fit 5 stars

4 Star
24%

24% of hospitalists rated their career fit 4 stars

3 Star
22%

22% of hospitalists rated their career fit 3 stars

2 Star
11%

11% of hospitalists rated their career fit 2 stars

1 Star
6%

6% of hospitalists rated their career fit 1 stars

How enjoyable is a hospitalist’s work environment?

As a whole, hospitalists rated their enjoyment of their work environment 3.3/5. Most of them tend to enjoy, or at least not be actively bothered by, their work environment.

We asked hospitalists how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:

3.3 out of 5 stars

140 hospitalists

5 Star
21%

21% of hospitalists rated their work environment 5 stars

4 Star
24%

24% of hospitalists rated their work environment 4 stars

3 Star
31%

31% of hospitalists rated their work environment 3 stars

2 Star
17%

17% of hospitalists rated their work environment 2 stars

1 Star
7%

7% of hospitalists rated their work environment 1 stars

Are hospitalists making the best use of their abilities?

Former hospitalists on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 2.7/5. Hospitalists tend to feel that they don’t manage to use their abilities to their fullest, when compared to other careers.

We asked hospitalists how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:

2.7 out of 5 stars

141 hospitalists

5 Star
11%

11% of hospitalists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars

4 Star
18%

18% of hospitalists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars

3 Star
25%

25% of hospitalists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars

2 Star
26%

26% of hospitalists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars

1 Star
20%

20% of hospitalists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars