Music studio owners are one of the happiest 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, music studio owners rate their career happiness 4.1 out of 5 stars which puts them in the top 8% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy music studio owners 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Music artist | 4.3 | $63k |
| Performer | 4.2 | $37k |
| Composer | 4.2 | $49k |
| DJ | 4.1 | $27k |
| Musician | 4.1 | $63k |
| Audio engineer | 3.9 | $60k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are music studio owners happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do music studio owners find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as music studio owners?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are music studio owner’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are music studio owners making the best use of their abilities?
Are music studio owners happy with their salary?
Music studio owners rated their satisfaction with their salaries 2.7/5. Music studio owners tend to be quite unhappy with their salary, with very few reporting satisfaction with their pay.
We asked music studio owners how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
2.7 out of 5 stars
30 music studio owners
10% of music studio owners rated their compensation 5 stars
17% of music studio owners rated their compensation 4 stars
30% of music studio owners rated their compensation 3 stars
23% of music studio owners rated their compensation 2 stars
20% of music studio owners rated their compensation 1 stars
Do music studio owners find their jobs meaningful?
On average, music studio owners rate the meaningfulness of their work a 3.8/5. Unlike many careers, music studio owners have little difficulty finding meaning in their work, and it likely constitutes one of the main reasons people become music studio owners.
We asked music studio owners how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
3.8 out of 5 stars
31 music studio owners
32% of music studio owners rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
35% of music studio owners rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
23% of music studio owners rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
3% of music studio owners rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
6% of music studio owners rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as music studio owners?
Music studio owners rated their personality fit with their work an average of 4.0/5. The majority of music studio owners find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked music studio owners how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
4.0 out of 5 stars
33 music studio owners
36% of music studio owners rated their career fit 5 stars
36% of music studio owners rated their career fit 4 stars
21% of music studio owners rated their career fit 3 stars
6% of music studio owners rated their career fit 2 stars
How enjoyable is a music studio owner’s work environment?
As a whole, music studio owners rated their enjoyment of their work environment 3.9/5. A solid majority of music studio owners enjoy their work environment, probably contributing to overall higher satisfaction with working as a music studio owner.
We asked music studio owners how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.9 out of 5 stars
34 music studio owners
38% of music studio owners rated their work environment 5 stars
26% of music studio owners rated their work environment 4 stars
26% of music studio owners rated their work environment 3 stars
6% of music studio owners rated their work environment 2 stars
3% of music studio owners rated their work environment 1 stars
Are music studio owners making the best use of their abilities?
Former music studio owners on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 4.0/5. Most music studio owners surveyed find that they manage to use their abilities to their fullest as a music studio owner, which helps contribute to higher career satisfaction in the long term.
We asked music studio owners how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
4.0 out of 5 stars
35 music studio owners
37% of music studio owners rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
43% of music studio owners rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
9% of music studio owners rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
6% of music studio owners rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
6% of music studio owners rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars