Industrial designers 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, industrial designers rate their career happiness 3.5 out of 5 stars which puts them in the top 33% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy industrial designers 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Model maker | 3.6 | $61k |
| Computer hardware engineer | 3.5 | $128k |
| UX designer | 3.5 | $65k |
| Multimedia animator | 3.5 | $79k |
| Industrial designer | 3.5 | $77k |
| App developer | 3.5 | $71k |
| Full stack developer | 3.4 | $70k |
| Back-End developer | 3.4 | $67k |
| Technical product manager | 3.4 | $78k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are industrial designers happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do industrial designers find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as industrial designers?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are industrial designer’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are industrial designers making the best use of their abilities?
Are industrial designers happy with their salary?
Industrial designers rated their satisfaction with their salaries 2.9/5. Industrial designers tend to be quite unhappy with their salary, with very few reporting satisfaction with their pay.
We asked industrial designers how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
2.9 out of 5 stars
274 industrial designers
9% of industrial designers rated their compensation 5 stars
22% of industrial designers rated their compensation 4 stars
32% of industrial designers rated their compensation 3 stars
23% of industrial designers rated their compensation 2 stars
14% of industrial designers rated their compensation 1 stars
Do industrial designers find their jobs meaningful?
On average, industrial designers rate the meaningfulness of their work a 3.2/5. Most tend to be satisified with the level of meaning they find in their careers.
We asked industrial designers how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
3.2 out of 5 stars
287 industrial designers
17% of industrial designers rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
28% of industrial designers rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
25% of industrial designers rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
19% of industrial designers rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
11% of industrial designers rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as industrial designers?
Industrial designers rated their personality fit with their work an average of 3.9/5. The majority of industrial designers find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked industrial designers how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
3.9 out of 5 stars
345 industrial designers
30% of industrial designers rated their career fit 5 stars
39% of industrial designers rated their career fit 4 stars
23% of industrial designers rated their career fit 3 stars
6% of industrial designers rated their career fit 2 stars
2% of industrial designers rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is an industrial designer’s work environment?
As a whole, industrial designers rated their enjoyment of their work environment 3.7/5. A solid majority of industrial designers enjoy their work environment, probably contributing to overall higher satisfaction with working as an industrial designer.
We asked industrial designers how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.7 out of 5 stars
333 industrial designers
24% of industrial designers rated their work environment 5 stars
39% of industrial designers rated their work environment 4 stars
23% of industrial designers rated their work environment 3 stars
11% of industrial designers rated their work environment 2 stars
3% of industrial designers rated their work environment 1 stars
Are industrial designers making the best use of their abilities?
Former industrial designers on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 3.4/5. Most industrial designers are satisfied with how well their abilities are skills are made of use.
We asked industrial designers how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
3.4 out of 5 stars
336 industrial designers
20% of industrial designers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
29% of industrial designers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
29% of industrial designers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
16% of industrial designers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
6% of industrial designers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars