Nurse educators 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, nurse educators rate their career happiness 3.4 out of 5 stars which puts them in the top 36% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy nurse educators 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Acupuncturist | 3.7 | $74k |
| Midwife | 3.7 | $59k |
| Radiologist | 3.7 | $201k |
| Orthodontist | 3.6 | N/A |
| Naturopathic physician | 3.5 | $74k |
| Nurse educator | 3.4 | $77k |
| Surgical assistant | 3.4 | $46k |
| Endoscopy technician | 3.4 | $38k |
| Phlebotomist | 3.3 | $37k |
| Paramedic | 3.3 | $35k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are nurse educators happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do nurse educators find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as nurse educators?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are nurse educator’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are nurse educators making the best use of their abilities?
Are nurse educators happy with their salary?
Nurse educators rated their satisfaction with their salaries 3.4/5. The majority of nurse educators are quite happy with their salaries, with very few having complaints about their income level.
We asked nurse educators how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
3.4 out of 5 stars
84 nurse educators
21% of nurse educators rated their compensation 5 stars
32% of nurse educators rated their compensation 4 stars
21% of nurse educators rated their compensation 3 stars
19% of nurse educators rated their compensation 2 stars
6% of nurse educators rated their compensation 1 stars
Do nurse educators find their jobs meaningful?
On average, nurse educators rate the meaningfulness of their work a 3.5/5. Unlike many careers, nurse educators have little difficulty finding meaning in their work, and it likely constitutes one of the main reasons people become nurse educators.
We asked nurse educators how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
3.5 out of 5 stars
85 nurse educators
29% of nurse educators rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
28% of nurse educators rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
21% of nurse educators rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
8% of nurse educators rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
13% of nurse educators rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as nurse educators?
Nurse educators rated their personality fit with their work an average of 4.1/5. The majority of nurse educators find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked nurse educators how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
4.1 out of 5 stars
86 nurse educators
43% of nurse educators rated their career fit 5 stars
38% of nurse educators rated their career fit 4 stars
8% of nurse educators rated their career fit 3 stars
6% of nurse educators rated their career fit 2 stars
5% of nurse educators rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is a nurse educator’s work environment?
As a whole, nurse educators rated their enjoyment of their work environment 3.8/5. A solid majority of nurse educators enjoy their work environment, probably contributing to overall higher satisfaction with working as a nurse educator.
We asked nurse educators how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.8 out of 5 stars
87 nurse educators
31% of nurse educators rated their work environment 5 stars
34% of nurse educators rated their work environment 4 stars
23% of nurse educators rated their work environment 3 stars
6% of nurse educators rated their work environment 2 stars
6% of nurse educators rated their work environment 1 stars
Are nurse educators making the best use of their abilities?
Former nurse educators on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 3.6/5. Most nurse educators surveyed find that they manage to use their abilities to their fullest as a nurse educator, which helps contribute to higher career satisfaction in the long term.
We asked nurse educators how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
3.6 out of 5 stars
85 nurse educators
27% of nurse educators rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
31% of nurse educators rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
26% of nurse educators rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
11% of nurse educators rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
6% of nurse educators rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars