Web designers are about average in terms of 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, web designers rate their career happiness 3.3 out of 5 stars which puts them in the top 42% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy web designers 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Systems engineer | 3.4 | $90k |
| Network architect | 3.4 | $109k |
| Database architect | 3.3 | $90k |
| Broadcast engineer | 3.3 | $45k |
| Computer and information research scientist | 3.3 | $118k |
| Web designer | 3.3 | $37k |
| Web developer | 3.3 | $69k |
| Computer repair technician | 3.3 | $47k |
| Front-End developer | 3.3 | $51k |
| Computer programmer | 3.2 | $85k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are web designers happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do web designers find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as web designers?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are web designer’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are web designers making the best use of their abilities?
Are web designers happy with their salary?
Web designers rated their satisfaction with their salaries 3.0/5. Web designers tend to be quite unhappy with their salary, with very few reporting satisfaction with their pay.
We asked web designers how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
3.0 out of 5 stars
4093 web designers
12% of web designers rated their compensation 5 stars
23% of web designers rated their compensation 4 stars
31% of web designers rated their compensation 3 stars
20% of web designers rated their compensation 2 stars
14% of web designers rated their compensation 1 stars
Do web designers find their jobs meaningful?
On average, web designers rate the meaningfulness of their work a 2.9/5. While most web designers aren’t very fulfilled by their work, some people may still manage to find meaning in it.
We asked web designers how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
2.9 out of 5 stars
4195 web designers
13% of web designers rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
19% of web designers rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
28% of web designers rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
24% of web designers rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
16% of web designers rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as web designers?
Web designers rated their personality fit with their work an average of 3.7/5. The majority of web designers find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked web designers how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
3.7 out of 5 stars
4679 web designers
25% of web designers rated their career fit 5 stars
38% of web designers rated their career fit 4 stars
25% of web designers rated their career fit 3 stars
8% of web designers rated their career fit 2 stars
3% of web designers rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is a web designer’s work environment?
As a whole, web designers rated their enjoyment of their work environment 3.7/5. A solid majority of web designers enjoy their work environment, probably contributing to overall higher satisfaction with working as a web designer.
We asked web designers how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.7 out of 5 stars
4639 web designers
24% of web designers rated their work environment 5 stars
37% of web designers rated their work environment 4 stars
25% of web designers rated their work environment 3 stars
10% of web designers rated their work environment 2 stars
4% of web designers rated their work environment 1 stars
Are web designers making the best use of their abilities?
Former web designers on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 3.3/5. Most web designers are satisfied with how well their abilities are skills are made of use.
We asked web designers how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
3.3 out of 5 stars
4668 web designers
18% of web designers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
27% of web designers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
29% of web designers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
18% of web designers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
7% of web designers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars