Non-Destructive testing specialists 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, non-destructive testing specialists rate their career happiness 3.3 out of 5 stars which puts them in the top 43% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy non-destructive testing 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Wind energy engineer | 3.4 | $101k |
| Systems architect | 3.4 | $102k |
| Naval architect | 3.4 | $93k |
| Network architect | 3.4 | $109k |
| Data scientist | 3.3 | $88k |
| Non-Destructive testing specialist | 3.3 | $62k |
| Disaster recovery specialist | 3.3 | $41k |
| Geospatial information scientist | 3.3 | $90k |
| Geodesist | 3.3 | $62k |
| Network administrator | 3.2 | $47k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are non-destructive testing specialists happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do non-destructive testing specialists find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as non-destructive testing specialists?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are non-destructive testing specialist’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are non-destructive testing specialists making the best use of their abilities?
Are non-destructive testing specialists happy with their salary?
Non-Destructive testing specialists rated their satisfaction with their salaries 3.3/5. Few are explicitly unhappy with their salaries, with most non-destructive testing specialists having generally positive views of their salary.
We asked non-destructive testing specialists how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
3.3 out of 5 stars
223 non-destructive testing specialists
26% of non-destructive testing specialists rated their compensation 5 stars
16% of non-destructive testing specialists rated their compensation 4 stars
30% of non-destructive testing specialists rated their compensation 3 stars
13% of non-destructive testing specialists rated their compensation 2 stars
14% of non-destructive testing specialists rated their compensation 1 stars
Do non-destructive testing specialists find their jobs meaningful?
On average, non-destructive testing specialists rate the meaningfulness of their work a 3.3/5. Most tend to be satisified with the level of meaning they find in their careers.
We asked non-destructive testing specialists how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
3.3 out of 5 stars
229 non-destructive testing specialists
32% of non-destructive testing specialists rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
15% of non-destructive testing specialists rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
22% of non-destructive testing specialists rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
10% of non-destructive testing specialists rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
20% of non-destructive testing specialists rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as non-destructive testing specialists?
Non-Destructive testing specialists rated their personality fit with their work an average of 3.6/5. The majority of non-destructive testing specialists find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked non-destructive testing specialists how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
3.6 out of 5 stars
242 non-destructive testing specialists
33% of non-destructive testing specialists rated their career fit 5 stars
22% of non-destructive testing specialists rated their career fit 4 stars
26% of non-destructive testing specialists rated their career fit 3 stars
7% of non-destructive testing specialists rated their career fit 2 stars
12% of non-destructive testing specialists rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is a non-destructive testing specialist’s work environment?
As a whole, non-destructive testing specialists rated their enjoyment of their work environment 3.4/5. A solid majority of non-destructive testing specialists enjoy their work environment, probably contributing to overall higher satisfaction with working as a non-destructive testing specialist.
We asked non-destructive testing specialists how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.4 out of 5 stars
250 non-destructive testing specialists
25% of non-destructive testing specialists rated their work environment 5 stars
27% of non-destructive testing specialists rated their work environment 4 stars
24% of non-destructive testing specialists rated their work environment 3 stars
13% of non-destructive testing specialists rated their work environment 2 stars
12% of non-destructive testing specialists rated their work environment 1 stars
Are non-destructive testing specialists making the best use of their abilities?
Former non-destructive testing specialists on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 3.2/5. Most non-destructive testing specialists are satisfied with how well their abilities are skills are made of use.
We asked non-destructive testing specialists how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
3.2 out of 5 stars
245 non-destructive testing specialists
22% of non-destructive testing specialists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
23% of non-destructive testing specialists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
23% of non-destructive testing specialists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
12% of non-destructive testing specialists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
19% of non-destructive testing specialists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars