Recipe developers are one of the happiest 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, recipe developers rate their career happiness 4.2 out of 5 stars which puts them in the top 5% of careers.

To put this into perspective, we compared how happy recipe developers 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
Sculptor
4.1
$30k
Life coach
4.1
$47k

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

  • Meaning: Do recipe developers find their jobs meaningful?
  • Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as recipe developers?
  • Work environment: How enjoyable are recipe developer’s work environments?
  • Skills utilization: Are recipe developers making the best use of their abilities?

Do recipe developers find their jobs meaningful?

On average, recipe developers rate the meaningfulness of their work a 4.3/5. Unlike many careers, recipe developers have little difficulty finding meaning in their work, and it likely constitutes one of the main reasons people become recipe developers.

We asked recipe developers how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:

4.3 out of 5 stars

10 recipe developers

5 Star
60%

60% of recipe developers rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars

4 Star
20%

20% of recipe developers rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars

3 Star
10%

10% of recipe developers rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars

2 Star
10%

10% of recipe developers rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars

How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as recipe developers?

Recipe developers rated their personality fit with their work an average of 4.7/5. The majority of recipe developers find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.

We asked recipe developers how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:

4.7 out of 5 stars

10 recipe developers

5 Star
70%

70% of recipe developers rated their career fit 5 stars

4 Star
30%

30% of recipe developers rated their career fit 4 stars

How enjoyable is a recipe developer’s work environment?

As a whole, recipe developers rated their enjoyment of their work environment 4.7/5. A solid majority of recipe developers enjoy their work environment, probably contributing to overall higher satisfaction with working as a recipe developer.

We asked recipe developers how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:

4.7 out of 5 stars

10 recipe developers

5 Star
70%

70% of recipe developers rated their work environment 5 stars

4 Star
30%

30% of recipe developers rated their work environment 4 stars

Are recipe developers making the best use of their abilities?

Former recipe developers on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 4.2/5. Most recipe developers surveyed find that they manage to use their abilities to their fullest as a recipe developer, which helps contribute to higher career satisfaction in the long term.

We asked recipe developers how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:

4.2 out of 5 stars

10 recipe developers

5 Star
60%

60% of recipe developers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars

4 Star
10%

10% of recipe developers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars

3 Star
20%

20% of recipe developers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars

2 Star
10%

10% of recipe developers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars