News anchors 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, news anchors rate their career happiness 3.7 out of 5 stars which puts them in the top 20% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy news anchors 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cinematographer | 4.1 | $40k |
| Television writer | 4.0 | $70k |
| Announcer | 3.9 | $38k |
| Blogger | 3.8 | $26k |
| News anchor | 3.7 | $67k |
| Executive film producer | 3.6 | $60k |
| Sports writer | 3.6 | $28k |
| Film producer | 3.6 | $79k |
| Casting director | 3.6 | $79k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are news anchors happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do news anchors find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as news anchors?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are news anchor’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are news anchors making the best use of their abilities?
Are news anchors happy with their salary?
News anchors rated their satisfaction with their salaries 2.8/5. News anchors tend to be quite unhappy with their salary, with very few reporting satisfaction with their pay.
We asked news anchors how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
2.8 out of 5 stars
132 news anchors
14% of news anchors rated their compensation 5 stars
20% of news anchors rated their compensation 4 stars
19% of news anchors rated their compensation 3 stars
24% of news anchors rated their compensation 2 stars
23% of news anchors rated their compensation 1 stars
Do news anchors find their jobs meaningful?
On average, news anchors rate the meaningfulness of their work a 3.6/5. Unlike many careers, news anchors have little difficulty finding meaning in their work, and it likely constitutes one of the main reasons people become news anchors.
We asked news anchors how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
3.6 out of 5 stars
132 news anchors
27% of news anchors rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
32% of news anchors rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
24% of news anchors rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
10% of news anchors rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
8% of news anchors rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as news anchors?
News anchors rated their personality fit with their work an average of 4.1/5. The majority of news anchors find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked news anchors how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
4.1 out of 5 stars
152 news anchors
43% of news anchors rated their career fit 5 stars
34% of news anchors rated their career fit 4 stars
16% of news anchors rated their career fit 3 stars
5% of news anchors rated their career fit 2 stars
3% of news anchors rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is a news anchor’s work environment?
As a whole, news anchors rated their enjoyment of their work environment 3.6/5. A solid majority of news anchors enjoy their work environment, probably contributing to overall higher satisfaction with working as a news anchor.
We asked news anchors how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.6 out of 5 stars
151 news anchors
27% of news anchors rated their work environment 5 stars
31% of news anchors rated their work environment 4 stars
24% of news anchors rated their work environment 3 stars
12% of news anchors rated their work environment 2 stars
6% of news anchors rated their work environment 1 stars
Are news anchors making the best use of their abilities?
Former news anchors on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 3.7/5. Most news anchors surveyed find that they manage to use their abilities to their fullest as a news anchor, which helps contribute to higher career satisfaction in the long term.
We asked news anchors how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
3.7 out of 5 stars
150 news anchors
29% of news anchors rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
34% of news anchors rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
21% of news anchors rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
11% of news anchors rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
4% of news anchors rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars