Occupational health specialists are below average when it comes to 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, occupational health specialists rate their career happiness 2.9 out of 5 stars which puts them in the bottom 28% of careers.

To put this into perspective, we compared how happy occupational health 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
Dental assistant
3.0
$18k
Medical transcriptionist
3.0
$18k
Diagnostic medical sonographer
3.0
$43k
Optometrist
3.0
$96k
Hearing aid specialist
2.9
$60k
Occupational health specialist
2.9
$73k
Medical appliance technician
2.9
$41k
Occupational therapist
2.9
$66k
Radiologic technologist
2.9
$36k
Respiratory therapist
2.9
$63k

So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:

  • Salary: Are occupational health specialists happy with their salary?
  • Meaning: Do occupational health specialists find their jobs meaningful?
  • Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as occupational health specialists?
  • Work environment: How enjoyable are occupational health specialist’s work environments?
  • Skills utilization: Are occupational health specialists making the best use of their abilities?

Are occupational health specialists happy with their salary?

Occupational health specialists rated their satisfaction with their salaries 3.3/5. Few are explicitly unhappy with their salaries, with most occupational health specialists having generally positive views of their salary.

We asked occupational health specialists how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:

3.3 out of 5 stars

140 occupational health specialists

5 Star
16%

16% of occupational health specialists rated their compensation 5 stars

4 Star
32%

32% of occupational health specialists rated their compensation 4 stars

3 Star
26%

26% of occupational health specialists rated their compensation 3 stars

2 Star
16%

16% of occupational health specialists rated their compensation 2 stars

1 Star
11%

11% of occupational health specialists rated their compensation 1 stars

Do occupational health specialists find their jobs meaningful?

On average, occupational health specialists rate the meaningfulness of their work a 2.7/5. While most occupational health specialists aren’t very fulfilled by their work, some people may still manage to find meaning in it.

We asked occupational health specialists how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:

2.7 out of 5 stars

140 occupational health specialists

5 Star
12%

12% of occupational health specialists rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars

4 Star
14%

14% of occupational health specialists rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars

3 Star
28%

28% of occupational health specialists rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars

2 Star
29%

29% of occupational health specialists rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars

1 Star
18%

18% of occupational health specialists rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars

How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as occupational health specialists?

Occupational health specialists rated their personality fit with their work an average of 3.5/5. The majority of occupational health specialists find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.

We asked occupational health specialists how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:

3.5 out of 5 stars

144 occupational health specialists

5 Star
18%

18% of occupational health specialists rated their career fit 5 stars

4 Star
37%

37% of occupational health specialists rated their career fit 4 stars

3 Star
30%

30% of occupational health specialists rated their career fit 3 stars

2 Star
9%

9% of occupational health specialists rated their career fit 2 stars

1 Star
6%

6% of occupational health specialists rated their career fit 1 stars

How enjoyable is an occupational health specialist’s work environment?

As a whole, occupational health specialists 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 occupational health specialists how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:

3.4 out of 5 stars

143 occupational health specialists

5 Star
16%

16% of occupational health specialists rated their work environment 5 stars

4 Star
34%

34% of occupational health specialists rated their work environment 4 stars

3 Star
31%

31% of occupational health specialists rated their work environment 3 stars

2 Star
15%

15% of occupational health specialists rated their work environment 2 stars

1 Star
5%

5% of occupational health specialists rated their work environment 1 stars

Are occupational health specialists making the best use of their abilities?

Former occupational health specialists on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 2.9/5. Occupational health specialists tend to feel that they don’t manage to use their abilities to their fullest, when compared to other careers.

We asked occupational health specialists how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:

2.9 out of 5 stars

145 occupational health specialists

5 Star
13%

13% of occupational health specialists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars

4 Star
23%

23% of occupational health specialists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars

3 Star
24%

24% of occupational health specialists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars

2 Star
26%

26% of occupational health specialists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars

1 Star
14%

14% of occupational health specialists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars