Product safety engineers are one of the least happy careers in the United States.

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, product safety engineers rate their career happiness 2.7 out of 5 stars which puts them in the bottom 13% of careers.

To put this into perspective, we compared how happy product safety engineers 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
Pipelayer
2.8
$46k
Electronic assembler
2.8
$28k
Quality control inspector
2.8
$49k
Rail transportation worker
2.8
$61k
Transportation planner
2.8
$84k
Product safety engineer
2.7
$99k
Logistician
2.7
$77k
Meter reader
2.7
$46k
Tool and die maker
2.7
$57k
Mining machine operator
2.7
$60k

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

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

Are product safety engineers happy with their salary?

Product safety engineers rated their satisfaction with their salaries 3.1/5. Product safety engineers tend to be quite unhappy with their salary, with very few reporting satisfaction with their pay.

We asked product safety engineers how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:

3.1 out of 5 stars

13 product safety engineers

5 Star
8%

8% of product safety engineers rated their compensation 5 stars

4 Star
23%

23% of product safety engineers rated their compensation 4 stars

3 Star
38%

38% of product safety engineers rated their compensation 3 stars

2 Star
23%

23% of product safety engineers rated their compensation 2 stars

1 Star
8%

8% of product safety engineers rated their compensation 1 stars

Do product safety engineers find their jobs meaningful?

On average, product safety engineers rate the meaningfulness of their work a 2.3/5. While most product safety engineers aren’t very fulfilled by their work, some people may still manage to find meaning in it.

We asked product safety engineers how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:

2.3 out of 5 stars

14 product safety engineers

5 Star
14%

14% of product safety engineers rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars

4 Star
21%

21% of product safety engineers rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars

3 Star
29%

29% of product safety engineers rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars

2 Star
36%

36% of product safety engineers rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars

How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as product safety engineers?

Product safety engineers rated their personality fit with their work an average of 3.5/5. Few product safety engineers seem to find that their personalities work mesh well with their career.

We asked product safety engineers how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:

3.5 out of 5 stars

14 product safety engineers

5 Star
7%

7% of product safety engineers rated their career fit 5 stars

4 Star
43%

43% of product safety engineers rated their career fit 4 stars

3 Star
36%

36% of product safety engineers rated their career fit 3 stars

2 Star
14%

14% of product safety engineers rated their career fit 2 stars

How enjoyable is a product safety engineer’s work environment?

As a whole, product safety engineers rated their enjoyment of their work environment 3.1/5. Most of them tend to enjoy, or at least not be actively bothered by, their work environment.

We asked product safety engineers how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:

3.1 out of 5 stars

14 product safety engineers

5 Star
7%

7% of product safety engineers rated their work environment 5 stars

4 Star
29%

29% of product safety engineers rated their work environment 4 stars

3 Star
36%

36% of product safety engineers rated their work environment 3 stars

2 Star
14%

14% of product safety engineers rated their work environment 2 stars

1 Star
14%

14% of product safety engineers rated their work environment 1 stars

Are product safety engineers making the best use of their abilities?

Former product safety engineers on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 3.0/5. Most product safety engineers surveyed find that they manage to use their abilities to their fullest as a product safety engineer, which helps contribute to higher career satisfaction in the long term.

We asked product safety engineers how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:

3.0 out of 5 stars

14 product safety engineers

5 Star
36%

36% of product safety engineers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars

4 Star
36%

36% of product safety engineers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars

3 Star
21%

21% of product safety engineers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars

2 Star
7%

7% of product safety engineers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars