Bloggers 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, bloggers rate their career happiness 3.8 out of 5 stars which puts them in the top 14% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy bloggers 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Writer | 4.1 | $70k |
| Television writer | 4.0 | $70k |
| Photojournalist | 4.0 | $36k |
| Blogger | 3.8 | $26k |
| News anchor | 3.7 | $67k |
| Journalist | 3.4 | $37k |
| Editor | 3.4 | $63k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are bloggers happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do bloggers find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as bloggers?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are blogger’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are bloggers making the best use of their abilities?
Are bloggers happy with their salary?
Bloggers rated their satisfaction with their salaries 2.4/5. Most bloggers do not feel that their salaries adequately reflect their work, and are actively unhappy with their income.
We asked bloggers how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
2.4 out of 5 stars
1015 bloggers
10% of bloggers rated their compensation 5 stars
11% of bloggers rated their compensation 4 stars
21% of bloggers rated their compensation 3 stars
23% of bloggers rated their compensation 2 stars
35% of bloggers rated their compensation 1 stars
Do bloggers find their jobs meaningful?
On average, bloggers rate the meaningfulness of their work a 3.7/5. Unlike many careers, bloggers have little difficulty finding meaning in their work, and it likely constitutes one of the main reasons people become bloggers.
We asked bloggers how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
3.7 out of 5 stars
1055 bloggers
32% of bloggers rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
31% of bloggers rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
19% of bloggers rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
12% of bloggers rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
6% of bloggers rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as bloggers?
Bloggers rated their personality fit with their work an average of 4.1/5. The majority of bloggers find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked bloggers how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
4.1 out of 5 stars
1089 bloggers
43% of bloggers rated their career fit 5 stars
36% of bloggers rated their career fit 4 stars
15% of bloggers rated their career fit 3 stars
4% of bloggers rated their career fit 2 stars
3% of bloggers rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is a blogger’s work environment?
As a whole, bloggers rated their enjoyment of their work environment 4.1/5. A solid majority of bloggers enjoy their work environment, probably contributing to overall higher satisfaction with working as a blogger.
We asked bloggers how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
4.1 out of 5 stars
1082 bloggers
42% of bloggers rated their work environment 5 stars
33% of bloggers rated their work environment 4 stars
16% of bloggers rated their work environment 3 stars
5% of bloggers rated their work environment 2 stars
3% of bloggers rated their work environment 1 stars
Are bloggers making the best use of their abilities?
Former bloggers on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 3.7/5. Most bloggers surveyed find that they manage to use their abilities to their fullest as a blogger, which helps contribute to higher career satisfaction in the long term.
We asked bloggers how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
3.7 out of 5 stars
1081 bloggers
31% of bloggers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
29% of bloggers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
24% of bloggers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
12% of bloggers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
4% of bloggers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars