Industrial machinery mechanics 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, industrial machinery mechanics rate their career happiness 3.0 out of 5 stars which puts them in the bottom 29% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy industrial machinery mechanics 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Auto mechanic | 3.0 | $21k |
| Water engineer | 3.0 | $95k |
| Construction manager | 3.0 | $65k |
| HVAC technician | 3.0 | $17k |
| Aircraft mechanic | 3.0 | $45k |
| Industrial machinery mechanic | 3.0 | $50k |
| Electrician | 3.0 | $27k |
| Elevator mechanic | 2.9 | $104k |
| Rotary drill operator | 2.9 | $63k |
| Stonemason | 2.9 | $32k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are industrial machinery mechanics happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do industrial machinery mechanics find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as industrial machinery mechanics?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are industrial machinery mechanic’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are industrial machinery mechanics making the best use of their abilities?
Are industrial machinery mechanics happy with their salary?
Industrial machinery mechanics rated their satisfaction with their salaries 3.2/5. Few are explicitly unhappy with their salaries, with most industrial machinery mechanics having generally positive views of their salary.
We asked industrial machinery mechanics how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
3.2 out of 5 stars
75 industrial machinery mechanics
16% of industrial machinery mechanics rated their compensation 5 stars
31% of industrial machinery mechanics rated their compensation 4 stars
24% of industrial machinery mechanics rated their compensation 3 stars
17% of industrial machinery mechanics rated their compensation 2 stars
12% of industrial machinery mechanics rated their compensation 1 stars
Do industrial machinery mechanics find their jobs meaningful?
On average, industrial machinery mechanics rate the meaningfulness of their work a 2.6/5. The majority of industrial machinery mechanics struggle to find any sort of meaning in their work, likely resulting in less satisfaction with the career overall.
We asked industrial machinery mechanics how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
2.6 out of 5 stars
75 industrial machinery mechanics
16% of industrial machinery mechanics rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
9% of industrial machinery mechanics rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
20% of industrial machinery mechanics rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
29% of industrial machinery mechanics rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
25% of industrial machinery mechanics rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as industrial machinery mechanics?
Industrial machinery mechanics rated their personality fit with their work an average of 3.6/5. The majority of industrial machinery mechanics find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked industrial machinery mechanics how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
3.6 out of 5 stars
82 industrial machinery mechanics
23% of industrial machinery mechanics rated their career fit 5 stars
40% of industrial machinery mechanics rated their career fit 4 stars
20% of industrial machinery mechanics rated their career fit 3 stars
9% of industrial machinery mechanics rated their career fit 2 stars
9% of industrial machinery mechanics rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is an industrial machinery mechanic’s work environment?
As a whole, industrial machinery mechanics rated their enjoyment of their work environment 3.2/5. Most of them tend to enjoy, or at least not be actively bothered by, their work environment.
We asked industrial machinery mechanics how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.2 out of 5 stars
82 industrial machinery mechanics
21% of industrial machinery mechanics rated their work environment 5 stars
26% of industrial machinery mechanics rated their work environment 4 stars
23% of industrial machinery mechanics rated their work environment 3 stars
18% of industrial machinery mechanics rated their work environment 2 stars
12% of industrial machinery mechanics rated their work environment 1 stars
Are industrial machinery mechanics making the best use of their abilities?
Former industrial machinery mechanics on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 3.0/5. Most industrial machinery mechanics are satisfied with how well their abilities are skills are made of use.
We asked industrial machinery mechanics how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
3.0 out of 5 stars
81 industrial machinery mechanics
15% of industrial machinery mechanics rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
25% of industrial machinery mechanics rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
27% of industrial machinery mechanics rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
16% of industrial machinery mechanics rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
17% of industrial machinery mechanics rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars