Search engine optimization specialists are below average when it comes to 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, search engine optimization specialists rate their career happiness 3.1 out of 5 stars which puts them in the bottom 37% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy search engine optimization specialists 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 |
|---|---|---|
| IT manager | 3.1 | $79k |
| Electrical engineer | 3.1 | $100k |
| Digital marketing specialist | 3.1 | $39k |
| Systems administrator | 3.1 | $75k |
| Search engine optimization specialist | 3.1 | $39k |
| Systems analyst | 3.0 | $79k |
| Software quality assurance engineer | 3.0 | $90k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are search engine optimization specialists happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do search engine optimization specialists find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as search engine optimization specialists?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are search engine optimization specialist’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are search engine optimization specialists making the best use of their abilities?
Are search engine optimization specialists happy with their salary?
Search engine optimization specialists rated their satisfaction with their salaries 3.1/5. Few are explicitly unhappy with their salaries, with most search engine optimization specialists having generally positive views of their salary.
We asked search engine optimization specialists how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
3.1 out of 5 stars
275 search engine optimization specialists
12% of search engine optimization specialists rated their compensation 5 stars
25% of search engine optimization specialists rated their compensation 4 stars
30% of search engine optimization specialists rated their compensation 3 stars
20% of search engine optimization specialists rated their compensation 2 stars
13% of search engine optimization specialists rated their compensation 1 stars
Do search engine optimization specialists find their jobs meaningful?
On average, search engine optimization specialists rate the meaningfulness of their work a 2.5/5. The majority of search engine optimization specialists struggle to find any sort of meaning in their work, likely resulting in less satisfaction with the career overall.
We asked search engine optimization specialists how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
2.5 out of 5 stars
279 search engine optimization specialists
13% of search engine optimization specialists rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
10% of search engine optimization specialists rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
24% of search engine optimization specialists rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
24% of search engine optimization specialists rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
28% of search engine optimization specialists rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as search engine optimization specialists?
Search engine optimization specialists rated their personality fit with their work an average of 3.6/5. The majority of search engine optimization specialists find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked search engine optimization specialists how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
3.6 out of 5 stars
312 search engine optimization specialists
24% of search engine optimization specialists rated their career fit 5 stars
34% of search engine optimization specialists rated their career fit 4 stars
23% of search engine optimization specialists rated their career fit 3 stars
15% of search engine optimization specialists rated their career fit 2 stars
4% of search engine optimization specialists rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is a search engine optimization specialist’s work environment?
As a whole, search engine optimization specialists rated their enjoyment of their work environment 3.5/5. A solid majority of search engine optimization specialists enjoy their work environment, probably contributing to overall higher satisfaction with working as a search engine optimization specialist.
We asked search engine optimization specialists how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.5 out of 5 stars
310 search engine optimization specialists
22% of search engine optimization specialists rated their work environment 5 stars
35% of search engine optimization specialists rated their work environment 4 stars
25% of search engine optimization specialists rated their work environment 3 stars
12% of search engine optimization specialists rated their work environment 2 stars
7% of search engine optimization specialists rated their work environment 1 stars
Are search engine optimization specialists making the best use of their abilities?
Former search engine optimization specialists on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 2.9/5. Search engine optimization specialists tend to feel that they don’t manage to use their abilities to their fullest, when compared to other careers.
We asked search engine optimization specialists how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
2.9 out of 5 stars
309 search engine optimization specialists
13% of search engine optimization specialists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
22% of search engine optimization specialists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
26% of search engine optimization specialists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
22% of search engine optimization specialists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
17% of search engine optimization specialists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars