Real estate appraisers 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, real estate appraisers rate their career happiness 2.9 out of 5 stars which puts them in the bottom 22% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy real estate appraisers 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Operations manager | 3.1 | $98k |
| Project manager | 3.1 | $55k |
| Real estate agent | 3.0 | $48k |
| Travel agent | 3.0 | $44k |
| Property manager | 2.9 | $59k |
| Real estate appraiser | 2.9 | $55k |
| Lodging manager | 2.9 | $59k |
| Office manager | 2.9 | $61k |
| Merchandiser | 2.9 | $32k |
| Purchasing manager | 2.9 | $127k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are real estate appraisers happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do real estate appraisers find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as real estate appraisers?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are real estate appraiser’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are real estate appraisers making the best use of their abilities?
Are real estate appraisers happy with their salary?
Real estate appraisers rated their satisfaction with their salaries 3.0/5. Few are explicitly unhappy with their salaries, with most real estate appraisers having generally positive views of their salary.
We asked real estate appraisers how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
3.0 out of 5 stars
209 real estate appraisers
10% of real estate appraisers rated their compensation 5 stars
28% of real estate appraisers rated their compensation 4 stars
32% of real estate appraisers rated their compensation 3 stars
20% of real estate appraisers rated their compensation 2 stars
11% of real estate appraisers rated their compensation 1 stars
Do real estate appraisers find their jobs meaningful?
On average, real estate appraisers rate the meaningfulness of their work a 2.5/5. The majority of real estate appraisers struggle to find any sort of meaning in their work, likely resulting in less satisfaction with the career overall.
We asked real estate appraisers how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
2.5 out of 5 stars
211 real estate appraisers
9% of real estate appraisers rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
14% of real estate appraisers rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
23% of real estate appraisers rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
30% of real estate appraisers rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
25% of real estate appraisers rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as real estate appraisers?
Real estate appraisers rated their personality fit with their work an average of 3.5/5. The majority of real estate appraisers find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked real estate appraisers how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
3.5 out of 5 stars
230 real estate appraisers
23% of real estate appraisers rated their career fit 5 stars
29% of real estate appraisers rated their career fit 4 stars
31% of real estate appraisers rated their career fit 3 stars
13% of real estate appraisers rated their career fit 2 stars
4% of real estate appraisers rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is a real estate appraiser’s work environment?
As a whole, real estate appraisers rated their enjoyment of their work environment 3.5/5. A solid majority of real estate appraisers enjoy their work environment, probably contributing to overall higher satisfaction with working as a real estate appraiser.
We asked real estate appraisers how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.5 out of 5 stars
230 real estate appraisers
21% of real estate appraisers rated their work environment 5 stars
36% of real estate appraisers rated their work environment 4 stars
20% of real estate appraisers rated their work environment 3 stars
14% of real estate appraisers rated their work environment 2 stars
8% of real estate appraisers rated their work environment 1 stars
Are real estate appraisers making the best use of their abilities?
Former real estate appraisers on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 3.0/5. Real estate appraisers tend to feel that they don’t manage to use their abilities to their fullest, when compared to other careers.
We asked real estate appraisers how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
3.0 out of 5 stars
228 real estate appraisers
15% of real estate appraisers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
20% of real estate appraisers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
25% of real estate appraisers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
26% of real estate appraisers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
13% of real estate appraisers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars