Talent agents rate their happiness above average.
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, talent agents rate their career happiness 3.4 out of 5 stars which puts them in the top 34% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy talent agents 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Film producer | 3.6 | $79k |
| Casting director | 3.6 | $79k |
| Music business manager | 3.6 | $32k |
| Talent agent | 3.4 | $78k |
| Costume attendant | 3.4 | $48k |
| Franchise owner | 3.4 | $58k |
| Gaffer | 3.4 | $36k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are talent agents happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do talent agents find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as talent agents?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are talent agent’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are talent agents making the best use of their abilities?
Are talent agents happy with their salary?
Talent agents rated their satisfaction with their salaries 2.6/5. Talent agents tend to be quite unhappy with their salary, with very few reporting satisfaction with their pay.
We asked talent agents how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
2.6 out of 5 stars
115 talent agents
5% of talent agents rated their compensation 5 stars
20% of talent agents rated their compensation 4 stars
25% of talent agents rated their compensation 3 stars
27% of talent agents rated their compensation 2 stars
23% of talent agents rated their compensation 1 stars
Do talent agents find their jobs meaningful?
On average, talent agents rate the meaningfulness of their work a 3.1/5. Most tend to be satisified with the level of meaning they find in their careers.
We asked talent agents how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
3.1 out of 5 stars
116 talent agents
16% of talent agents rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
27% of talent agents rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
18% of talent agents rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
24% of talent agents rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
15% of talent agents rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as talent agents?
Talent agents rated their personality fit with their work an average of 3.8/5. The majority of talent agents find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked talent agents how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
3.8 out of 5 stars
128 talent agents
29% of talent agents rated their career fit 5 stars
41% of talent agents rated their career fit 4 stars
19% of talent agents rated their career fit 3 stars
7% of talent agents rated their career fit 2 stars
5% of talent agents rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is a talent agent’s work environment?
As a whole, talent agents rated their enjoyment of their work environment 3.6/5. A solid majority of talent agents enjoy their work environment, probably contributing to overall higher satisfaction with working as a talent agent.
We asked talent agents how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.6 out of 5 stars
126 talent agents
27% of talent agents rated their work environment 5 stars
31% of talent agents rated their work environment 4 stars
24% of talent agents rated their work environment 3 stars
11% of talent agents rated their work environment 2 stars
7% of talent agents rated their work environment 1 stars
Are talent agents making the best use of their abilities?
Former talent agents on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 3.3/5. Most talent agents are satisfied with how well their abilities are skills are made of use.
We asked talent agents how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
3.3 out of 5 stars
130 talent agents
17% of talent agents rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
30% of talent agents rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
26% of talent agents rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
17% of talent agents rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
10% of talent agents rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars