Talk show hosts 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, talk show hosts rate their career happiness 4.4 out of 5 stars which puts them in the top 1% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy talk show hosts 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 director | 4.3 | $79k |
| Actor | 4.2 | $49k |
| Performer | 4.2 | $37k |
| Comedian | 4.2 | $31k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are talk show hosts happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do talk show hosts find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as talk show hosts?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are talk show host’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are talk show hosts making the best use of their abilities?
Are talk show hosts happy with their salary?
Talk show hosts rated their satisfaction with their salaries 3.0/5. Talk show hosts tend to be quite unhappy with their salary, with very few reporting satisfaction with their pay.
We asked talk show hosts how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
3.0 out of 5 stars
24 talk show hosts
25% of talk show hosts rated their compensation 5 stars
8% of talk show hosts rated their compensation 4 stars
21% of talk show hosts rated their compensation 3 stars
29% of talk show hosts rated their compensation 2 stars
17% of talk show hosts rated their compensation 1 stars
Do talk show hosts find their jobs meaningful?
On average, talk show hosts rate the meaningfulness of their work a 4.2/5. Unlike many careers, talk show hosts have little difficulty finding meaning in their work, and it likely constitutes one of the main reasons people become talk show hosts.
We asked talk show hosts how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
4.2 out of 5 stars
25 talk show hosts
52% of talk show hosts rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
28% of talk show hosts rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
12% of talk show hosts rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
8% of talk show hosts rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as talk show hosts?
Talk show hosts rated their personality fit with their work an average of 4.5/5. The majority of talk show hosts find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked talk show hosts how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
4.5 out of 5 stars
27 talk show hosts
74% of talk show hosts rated their career fit 5 stars
11% of talk show hosts rated their career fit 4 stars
11% of talk show hosts rated their career fit 3 stars
4% of talk show hosts rated their career fit 2 stars
How enjoyable is a talk show host’s work environment?
As a whole, talk show hosts rated their enjoyment of their work environment 4.4/5. A solid majority of talk show hosts enjoy their work environment, probably contributing to overall higher satisfaction with working as a talk show host.
We asked talk show hosts how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
4.4 out of 5 stars
27 talk show hosts
56% of talk show hosts rated their work environment 5 stars
33% of talk show hosts rated their work environment 4 stars
7% of talk show hosts rated their work environment 3 stars
4% of talk show hosts rated their work environment 2 stars
Are talk show hosts making the best use of their abilities?
Former talk show hosts on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 4.1/5. Most talk show hosts surveyed find that they manage to use their abilities to their fullest as a talk show host, which helps contribute to higher career satisfaction in the long term.
We asked talk show hosts how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
4.1 out of 5 stars
27 talk show hosts
48% of talk show hosts rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
30% of talk show hosts rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
11% of talk show hosts rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
4% of talk show hosts rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
7% of talk show hosts rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars