Quality control inspectors 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, quality control inspectors rate their career happiness 2.8 out of 5 stars which puts them in the bottom 16% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy quality control inspectors 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Energy broker | 2.8 | $55k |
| Industrial production manager | 2.8 | $103k |
| Supply chain manager | 2.8 | $125k |
| Electronic assembler | 2.8 | $28k |
| Budget analyst | 2.8 | $80k |
| Quality control inspector | 2.8 | $49k |
| Transportation planner | 2.8 | $84k |
| IT support specialist | 2.8 | $49k |
| Mail superintendent | 2.7 | $80k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are quality control inspectors happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do quality control inspectors find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as quality control inspectors?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are quality control inspector’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are quality control inspectors making the best use of their abilities?
Are quality control inspectors happy with their salary?
Quality control inspectors rated their satisfaction with their salaries 2.9/5. Quality control inspectors tend to be quite unhappy with their salary, with very few reporting satisfaction with their pay.
We asked quality control inspectors how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
2.9 out of 5 stars
814 quality control inspectors
11% of quality control inspectors rated their compensation 5 stars
23% of quality control inspectors rated their compensation 4 stars
28% of quality control inspectors rated their compensation 3 stars
20% of quality control inspectors rated their compensation 2 stars
17% of quality control inspectors rated their compensation 1 stars
Do quality control inspectors find their jobs meaningful?
On average, quality control inspectors rate the meaningfulness of their work a 2.4/5. The majority of quality control inspectors struggle to find any sort of meaning in their work, likely resulting in less satisfaction with the career overall.
We asked quality control inspectors how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
2.4 out of 5 stars
820 quality control inspectors
7% of quality control inspectors rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
14% of quality control inspectors rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
21% of quality control inspectors rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
25% of quality control inspectors rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
34% of quality control inspectors rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as quality control inspectors?
Quality control inspectors rated their personality fit with their work an average of 3.6/5. The majority of quality control inspectors find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked quality control inspectors how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
3.6 out of 5 stars
900 quality control inspectors
23% of quality control inspectors rated their career fit 5 stars
36% of quality control inspectors rated their career fit 4 stars
24% of quality control inspectors rated their career fit 3 stars
10% of quality control inspectors rated their career fit 2 stars
8% of quality control inspectors rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is a quality control inspector’s work environment?
As a whole, quality control inspectors rated their enjoyment of their work environment 3.3/5. Most of them tend to enjoy, or at least not be actively bothered by, their work environment.
We asked quality control inspectors how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.3 out of 5 stars
890 quality control inspectors
19% of quality control inspectors rated their work environment 5 stars
28% of quality control inspectors rated their work environment 4 stars
26% of quality control inspectors rated their work environment 3 stars
16% of quality control inspectors rated their work environment 2 stars
11% of quality control inspectors rated their work environment 1 stars
Are quality control inspectors making the best use of their abilities?
Former quality control inspectors on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 2.7/5. Quality control inspectors tend to feel that they don’t manage to use their abilities to their fullest, when compared to other careers.
We asked quality control inspectors how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
2.7 out of 5 stars
896 quality control inspectors
10% of quality control inspectors rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
18% of quality control inspectors rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
23% of quality control inspectors rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
25% of quality control inspectors rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
23% of quality control inspectors rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars