Poultry farmers 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, poultry farmers rate their career happiness 3.0 out of 5 stars which puts them in the bottom 32% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy poultry farmers 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Funeral director | 3.2 | $49k |
| Golf course superintendent | 3.2 | $34k |
| Agricultural worker | 3.2 | $30k |
| Pump operator | 3.1 | $50k |
| Commercial fisherman | 3.1 | $37k |
| Customer success manager | 2.9 | $46k |
| Agricultural and food science technician | 2.9 | $41k |
| Quarry rock splitter | 2.9 | $38k |
| Agricultural inspector | 2.9 | $45k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are poultry farmers happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do poultry farmers find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as poultry farmers?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are poultry farmer’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are poultry farmers making the best use of their abilities?
Are poultry farmers happy with their salary?
Poultry farmers rated their satisfaction with their salaries 2.9/5. Poultry farmers tend to be quite unhappy with their salary, with very few reporting satisfaction with their pay.
We asked poultry farmers how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
2.9 out of 5 stars
54 poultry farmers
13% of poultry farmers rated their compensation 5 stars
19% of poultry farmers rated their compensation 4 stars
35% of poultry farmers rated their compensation 3 stars
9% of poultry farmers rated their compensation 2 stars
24% of poultry farmers rated their compensation 1 stars
Do poultry farmers find their jobs meaningful?
On average, poultry farmers rate the meaningfulness of their work a 2.7/5. The majority of poultry farmers struggle to find any sort of meaning in their work, likely resulting in less satisfaction with the career overall.
We asked poultry farmers how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
2.7 out of 5 stars
55 poultry farmers
20% of poultry farmers rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
20% of poultry farmers rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
7% of poultry farmers rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
20% of poultry farmers rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
33% of poultry farmers rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as poultry farmers?
Poultry farmers rated their personality fit with their work an average of 3.6/5. The majority of poultry farmers find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked poultry farmers how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
3.6 out of 5 stars
62 poultry farmers
27% of poultry farmers rated their career fit 5 stars
39% of poultry farmers rated their career fit 4 stars
13% of poultry farmers rated their career fit 3 stars
6% of poultry farmers rated their career fit 2 stars
15% of poultry farmers rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is a poultry farmer’s work environment?
As a whole, poultry farmers rated their enjoyment of their work environment 3.4/5. A solid majority of poultry farmers enjoy their work environment, probably contributing to overall higher satisfaction with working as a poultry farmer.
We asked poultry farmers how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.4 out of 5 stars
61 poultry farmers
31% of poultry farmers rated their work environment 5 stars
23% of poultry farmers rated their work environment 4 stars
20% of poultry farmers rated their work environment 3 stars
7% of poultry farmers rated their work environment 2 stars
20% of poultry farmers rated their work environment 1 stars
Are poultry farmers making the best use of their abilities?
Former poultry farmers on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 2.9/5. Poultry farmers tend to feel that they don’t manage to use their abilities to their fullest, when compared to other careers.
We asked poultry farmers how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
2.9 out of 5 stars
59 poultry farmers
17% of poultry farmers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
20% of poultry farmers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
22% of poultry farmers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
14% of poultry farmers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
27% of poultry farmers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars