Logisticians are one of the least happy 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, logisticians rate their career happiness 2.7 out of 5 stars which puts them in the bottom 13% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy logisticians 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bank manager | 2.8 | $132k |
| Transportation planner | 2.8 | $84k |
| Mail superintendent | 2.7 | $80k |
| Product safety engineer | 2.7 | $99k |
| Logistician | 2.7 | $77k |
| Compensation and benefits manager | 2.7 | $128k |
| Account manager | 2.7 | $47k |
| Securities and commodities broker | 2.7 | $63k |
| Financial analyst | 2.7 | $92k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are logisticians happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do logisticians find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as logisticians?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are logistician’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are logisticians making the best use of their abilities?
Are logisticians happy with their salary?
Logisticians rated their satisfaction with their salaries 2.9/5. Logisticians tend to be quite unhappy with their salary, with very few reporting satisfaction with their pay.
We asked logisticians how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
2.9 out of 5 stars
998 logisticians
10% of logisticians rated their compensation 5 stars
25% of logisticians rated their compensation 4 stars
28% of logisticians rated their compensation 3 stars
22% of logisticians rated their compensation 2 stars
16% of logisticians rated their compensation 1 stars
Do logisticians find their jobs meaningful?
On average, logisticians rate the meaningfulness of their work a 2.4/5. The majority of logisticians struggle to find any sort of meaning in their work, likely resulting in less satisfaction with the career overall.
We asked logisticians how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
2.4 out of 5 stars
1001 logisticians
7% of logisticians rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
13% of logisticians rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
22% of logisticians rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
29% of logisticians rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
29% of logisticians rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as logisticians?
Logisticians rated their personality fit with their work an average of 3.6/5. The majority of logisticians find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked logisticians how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
3.6 out of 5 stars
1096 logisticians
23% of logisticians rated their career fit 5 stars
36% of logisticians rated their career fit 4 stars
23% of logisticians rated their career fit 3 stars
11% of logisticians rated their career fit 2 stars
7% of logisticians rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is a logistician’s work environment?
As a whole, logisticians rated their enjoyment of their work environment 3.3/5. Most of them tend to enjoy, or at least not be actively bothered by, their work environment.
We asked logisticians how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.3 out of 5 stars
1092 logisticians
15% of logisticians rated their work environment 5 stars
32% of logisticians rated their work environment 4 stars
25% of logisticians rated their work environment 3 stars
19% of logisticians rated their work environment 2 stars
9% of logisticians rated their work environment 1 stars
Are logisticians making the best use of their abilities?
Former logisticians on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 2.7/5. Logisticians tend to feel that they don’t manage to use their abilities to their fullest, when compared to other careers.
We asked logisticians how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
2.7 out of 5 stars
1100 logisticians
9% of logisticians rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
19% of logisticians rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
27% of logisticians rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
26% of logisticians rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
19% of logisticians rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars