Personal chefs 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, personal chefs rate their career happiness 3.6 out of 5 stars which puts them in the top 25% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy personal chefs 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Personal chef | 3.6 | $43k |
| Cake designer | 3.6 | $22k |
| Brewmaster | 3.4 | $46k |
| Sommelier | 3.4 | $41k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are personal chefs happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do personal chefs find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as personal chefs?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are personal chef’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are personal chefs making the best use of their abilities?
Are personal chefs happy with their salary?
Personal chefs rated their satisfaction with their salaries 3.2/5. Few are explicitly unhappy with their salaries, with most personal chefs having generally positive views of their salary.
We asked personal chefs how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
3.2 out of 5 stars
221 personal chefs
18% of personal chefs rated their compensation 5 stars
24% of personal chefs rated their compensation 4 stars
26% of personal chefs rated their compensation 3 stars
18% of personal chefs rated their compensation 2 stars
14% of personal chefs rated their compensation 1 stars
Do personal chefs find their jobs meaningful?
On average, personal chefs 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 personal chefs how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
3.3 out of 5 stars
219 personal chefs
23% of personal chefs rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
23% of personal chefs rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
25% of personal chefs rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
16% of personal chefs rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
13% of personal chefs rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as personal chefs?
Personal chefs rated their personality fit with their work an average of 4.0/5. The majority of personal chefs find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked personal chefs how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
4.0 out of 5 stars
232 personal chefs
41% of personal chefs rated their career fit 5 stars
32% of personal chefs rated their career fit 4 stars
19% of personal chefs rated their career fit 3 stars
3% of personal chefs rated their career fit 2 stars
5% of personal chefs rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is a personal chef’s work environment?
As a whole, personal chefs rated their enjoyment of their work environment 3.8/5. A solid majority of personal chefs enjoy their work environment, probably contributing to overall higher satisfaction with working as a personal chef.
We asked personal chefs how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.8 out of 5 stars
236 personal chefs
33% of personal chefs rated their work environment 5 stars
30% of personal chefs rated their work environment 4 stars
24% of personal chefs rated their work environment 3 stars
8% of personal chefs rated their work environment 2 stars
5% of personal chefs rated their work environment 1 stars
Are personal chefs making the best use of their abilities?
Former personal chefs on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 3.4/5. Most personal chefs surveyed find that they manage to use their abilities to their fullest as a personal chef, which helps contribute to higher career satisfaction in the long term.
We asked personal chefs how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
3.4 out of 5 stars
236 personal chefs
23% of personal chefs rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
29% of personal chefs rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
26% of personal chefs rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
13% of personal chefs rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
9% of personal chefs rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars