Maitres d' 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, maitres d' rate their career happiness 2.5 out of 5 stars which puts them in the bottom 4% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy maitres d' 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Receptionist | 2.6 | $30k |
| Butcher | 2.6 | $36k |
| Office clerk | 2.6 | $37k |
| Restaurant cook | 2.5 | $30k |
| Teller | 2.5 | $36k |
| Maitre d' | 2.5 | $25k |
| Shipping and receiving clerk | 2.4 | $37k |
| Food server | 2.4 | $26k |
| Postal service worker | 2.4 | $52k |
| Vehicle cleaner | 2.4 | $29k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are maitres d' happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do maitres d' find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as maitres d'?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are maitre d'’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are maitres d' making the best use of their abilities?
Are maitres d' happy with their salary?
Maitres d' rated their satisfaction with their salaries 2.6/5. Maitres d' tend to be quite unhappy with their salary, with very few reporting satisfaction with their pay.
We asked maitres d' how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
2.6 out of 5 stars
2363 maitres d'
6% of maitres d' rated their compensation 5 stars
18% of maitres d' rated their compensation 4 stars
27% of maitres d' rated their compensation 3 stars
25% of maitres d' rated their compensation 2 stars
23% of maitres d' rated their compensation 1 stars
Do maitres d' find their jobs meaningful?
On average, maitres d' rate the meaningfulness of their work a 1.9/5. The majority of maitres d' struggle to find any sort of meaning in their work, likely resulting in less satisfaction with the career overall.
We asked maitres d' how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
1.9 out of 5 stars
2364 maitres d'
4% of maitres d' rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
6% of maitres d' rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
14% of maitres d' rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
29% of maitres d' rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
48% of maitres d' rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as maitres d'?
Maitres d' rated their personality fit with their work an average of 3.7/5. The majority of maitres d' find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked maitres d' how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
3.7 out of 5 stars
2367 maitres d'
30% of maitres d' rated their career fit 5 stars
32% of maitres d' rated their career fit 4 stars
20% of maitres d' rated their career fit 3 stars
10% of maitres d' rated their career fit 2 stars
8% of maitres d' rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is a maitre d'’s work environment?
As a whole, maitres d' rated their enjoyment of their work environment 3.0/5. Most of them tend to enjoy, or at least not be actively bothered by, their work environment.
We asked maitres d' how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.0 out of 5 stars
2361 maitres d'
13% of maitres d' rated their work environment 5 stars
25% of maitres d' rated their work environment 4 stars
28% of maitres d' rated their work environment 3 stars
20% of maitres d' rated their work environment 2 stars
14% of maitres d' rated their work environment 1 stars
Are maitres d' making the best use of their abilities?
Former maitres d' on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 2.2/5. Most feel that their skills are being underutilized in the career, probably leading to more general dissatisfaction with being a maitre d'.
We asked maitres d' how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
2.2 out of 5 stars
2368 maitres d'
9% of maitres d' rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
10% of maitres d' rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
17% of maitres d' rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
27% of maitres d' rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
38% of maitres d' rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars