Lawn care specialists 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, lawn care specialists rate their career happiness 2.8 out of 5 stars which puts them in the bottom 16% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy lawn care specialists 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Surveyor | 2.8 | $62k |
| Highway maintenance worker | 2.8 | $46k |
| Plumber | 2.8 | $60k |
| Pipelayer | 2.8 | $46k |
| Lawn care specialist | 2.8 | $38k |
| Rail transportation worker | 2.8 | $61k |
| Tile and marble setter | 2.8 | $48k |
| Mail superintendent | 2.7 | $80k |
| Sheet metal worker | 2.7 | $53k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are lawn care specialists happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do lawn care specialists find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as lawn care specialists?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are lawn care specialist’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are lawn care specialists making the best use of their abilities?
Are lawn care specialists happy with their salary?
Lawn care specialists rated their satisfaction with their salaries 3.0/5. Lawn care specialists tend to be quite unhappy with their salary, with very few reporting satisfaction with their pay.
We asked lawn care specialists how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
3.0 out of 5 stars
327 lawn care specialists
13% of lawn care specialists rated their compensation 5 stars
23% of lawn care specialists rated their compensation 4 stars
28% of lawn care specialists rated their compensation 3 stars
21% of lawn care specialists rated their compensation 2 stars
14% of lawn care specialists rated their compensation 1 stars
Do lawn care specialists find their jobs meaningful?
On average, lawn care specialists rate the meaningfulness of their work a 2.3/5. The majority of lawn care specialists struggle to find any sort of meaning in their work, likely resulting in less satisfaction with the career overall.
We asked lawn care specialists how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
2.3 out of 5 stars
329 lawn care specialists
5% of lawn care specialists rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
11% of lawn care specialists rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
24% of lawn care specialists rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
29% of lawn care specialists rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
29% of lawn care specialists rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as lawn care specialists?
Lawn care specialists rated their personality fit with their work an average of 3.5/5. The majority of lawn care specialists find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked lawn care specialists how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
3.5 out of 5 stars
352 lawn care specialists
22% of lawn care specialists rated their career fit 5 stars
33% of lawn care specialists rated their career fit 4 stars
26% of lawn care specialists rated their career fit 3 stars
11% of lawn care specialists rated their career fit 2 stars
9% of lawn care specialists rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is a lawn care specialist’s work environment?
As a whole, lawn care specialists rated their enjoyment of their work environment 3.4/5. A solid majority of lawn care specialists enjoy their work environment, probably contributing to overall higher satisfaction with working as a lawn care specialist.
We asked lawn care specialists how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.4 out of 5 stars
349 lawn care specialists
20% of lawn care specialists rated their work environment 5 stars
33% of lawn care specialists rated their work environment 4 stars
25% of lawn care specialists rated their work environment 3 stars
14% of lawn care specialists rated their work environment 2 stars
9% of lawn care specialists rated their work environment 1 stars
Are lawn care specialists making the best use of their abilities?
Former lawn care specialists on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 2.4/5. Most feel that their skills are being underutilized in the career, probably leading to more general dissatisfaction with being a lawn care specialist.
We asked lawn care specialists how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
2.4 out of 5 stars
347 lawn care specialists
6% of lawn care specialists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
16% of lawn care specialists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
21% of lawn care specialists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
27% of lawn care specialists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
30% of lawn care specialists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars