Education administrators 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, education administrators rate their career happiness 3.2 out of 5 stars which puts them in the bottom 49% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy education administrators 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 |
|---|---|---|
| School counselor | 3.5 | $61k |
| Graduate teaching assistant | 3.4 | $33k |
| Teacher assistant | 3.3 | $24k |
| Nanny | 3.3 | $27k |
| Childcare program administrator | 3.2 | $47k |
| Education administrator | 3.2 | $48k |
| Childcare worker | 3.2 | $27k |
| Distance learning coordinator | 3.2 | $91k |
| Preschool teacher | 3.2 | $30k |
| Special education teacher | 3.1 | $53k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are education administrators happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do education administrators find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as education administrators?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are education administrator’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are education administrators making the best use of their abilities?
Are education administrators happy with their salary?
Education administrators rated their satisfaction with their salaries 3.0/5. Education administrators tend to be quite unhappy with their salary, with very few reporting satisfaction with their pay.
We asked education administrators how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
3.0 out of 5 stars
790 education administrators
11% of education administrators rated their compensation 5 stars
23% of education administrators rated their compensation 4 stars
29% of education administrators rated their compensation 3 stars
23% of education administrators rated their compensation 2 stars
14% of education administrators rated their compensation 1 stars
Do education administrators find their jobs meaningful?
On average, education administrators rate the meaningfulness of their work a 3.3/5. Most tend to be satisified with the level of meaning they find in their careers.
We asked education administrators how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
3.3 out of 5 stars
794 education administrators
21% of education administrators rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
28% of education administrators rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
24% of education administrators rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
16% of education administrators rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
11% of education administrators rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as education administrators?
Education administrators rated their personality fit with their work an average of 3.9/5. The majority of education administrators find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked education administrators how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
3.9 out of 5 stars
877 education administrators
30% of education administrators rated their career fit 5 stars
43% of education administrators rated their career fit 4 stars
19% of education administrators rated their career fit 3 stars
5% of education administrators rated their career fit 2 stars
3% of education administrators rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is an education administrator’s work environment?
As a whole, education administrators rated their enjoyment of their work environment 3.6/5. A solid majority of education administrators enjoy their work environment, probably contributing to overall higher satisfaction with working as an education administrator.
We asked education administrators how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.6 out of 5 stars
884 education administrators
24% of education administrators rated their work environment 5 stars
36% of education administrators rated their work environment 4 stars
24% of education administrators rated their work environment 3 stars
13% of education administrators rated their work environment 2 stars
3% of education administrators rated their work environment 1 stars
Are education administrators making the best use of their abilities?
Former education administrators on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 3.3/5. Most education administrators are satisfied with how well their abilities are skills are made of use.
We asked education administrators how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
3.3 out of 5 stars
884 education administrators
19% of education administrators rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
26% of education administrators rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
26% of education administrators rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
20% of education administrators rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
9% of education administrators rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars