Landscape architects are about average in terms of 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, landscape architects rate their career happiness 3.1 out of 5 stars which puts them in the bottom 41% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy landscape architects 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 | $19k |
| Greenhouse technician | 3.6 | $41k |
| Agronomist | 3.4 | $42k |
| Arborist | 3.1 | $27k |
| Landscape architect | 3.1 | $36k |
| Landscaper | 3.0 | $5k |
| Grounds maintenance worker | 3.0 | $5k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are landscape architects happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do landscape architects find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as landscape architects?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are landscape architect’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are landscape architects making the best use of their abilities?
Are landscape architects happy with their salary?
Landscape architects rated their satisfaction with their salaries 2.8/5. Landscape architects tend to be quite unhappy with their salary, with very few reporting satisfaction with their pay.
We asked landscape architects how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
2.8 out of 5 stars
232 landscape architects
7% of landscape architects rated their compensation 5 stars
23% of landscape architects rated their compensation 4 stars
28% of landscape architects rated their compensation 3 stars
28% of landscape architects rated their compensation 2 stars
14% of landscape architects rated their compensation 1 stars
Do landscape architects find their jobs meaningful?
On average, landscape architects rate the meaningfulness of their work a 2.8/5. While most landscape architects aren’t very fulfilled by their work, some people may still manage to find meaning in it.
We asked landscape architects how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
2.8 out of 5 stars
237 landscape architects
10% of landscape architects rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
24% of landscape architects rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
24% of landscape architects rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
25% of landscape architects rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
18% of landscape architects rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as landscape architects?
Landscape architects rated their personality fit with their work an average of 3.7/5. The majority of landscape architects find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked landscape architects how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
3.7 out of 5 stars
259 landscape architects
19% of landscape architects rated their career fit 5 stars
47% of landscape architects rated their career fit 4 stars
24% of landscape architects rated their career fit 3 stars
7% of landscape architects rated their career fit 2 stars
4% of landscape architects rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is a landscape architect’s work environment?
As a whole, landscape architects rated their enjoyment of their work environment 3.4/5. Most of them tend to enjoy, or at least not be actively bothered by, their work environment.
We asked landscape architects how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.4 out of 5 stars
257 landscape architects
18% of landscape architects rated their work environment 5 stars
32% of landscape architects rated their work environment 4 stars
28% of landscape architects rated their work environment 3 stars
15% of landscape architects rated their work environment 2 stars
7% of landscape architects rated their work environment 1 stars
Are landscape architects making the best use of their abilities?
Former landscape architects on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 3.2/5. Most landscape architects are satisfied with how well their abilities are skills are made of use.
We asked landscape architects how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
3.2 out of 5 stars
261 landscape architects
13% of landscape architects rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
31% of landscape architects rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
28% of landscape architects rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
20% of landscape architects rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
7% of landscape architects rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars