Radio frequency 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, radio frequency specialists rate their career happiness 3.1 out of 5 stars which puts them in the bottom 38% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy radio frequency 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Solar thermal installer | 3.1 | $37k |
| Locomotive engineer | 3.1 | $80k |
| Irrigation technician | 3.1 | $34k |
| Electrical engineer | 3.1 | $100k |
| Crane operator | 3.1 | $62k |
| Radio frequency specialist | 3.1 | $105k |
| Millwright | 3.1 | $60k |
| Freight and cargo inspector | 3.1 | $80k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are radio frequency specialists happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do radio frequency specialists find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as radio frequency specialists?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are radio frequency specialist’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are radio frequency specialists making the best use of their abilities?
Are radio frequency specialists happy with their salary?
Radio frequency specialists rated their satisfaction with their salaries 3.2/5. Few are explicitly unhappy with their salaries, with most radio frequency specialists having generally positive views of their salary.
We asked radio frequency specialists how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
3.2 out of 5 stars
25 radio frequency specialists
16% of radio frequency specialists rated their compensation 5 stars
28% of radio frequency specialists rated their compensation 4 stars
28% of radio frequency specialists rated their compensation 3 stars
12% of radio frequency specialists rated their compensation 2 stars
16% of radio frequency specialists rated their compensation 1 stars
Do radio frequency specialists find their jobs meaningful?
On average, radio frequency specialists rate the meaningfulness of their work a 2.8/5. While most radio frequency specialists aren’t very fulfilled by their work, some people may still manage to find meaning in it.
We asked radio frequency specialists how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
2.8 out of 5 stars
25 radio frequency specialists
4% of radio frequency specialists rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
28% of radio frequency specialists rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
36% of radio frequency specialists rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
12% of radio frequency specialists rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
20% of radio frequency specialists rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as radio frequency specialists?
Radio frequency specialists rated their personality fit with their work an average of 3.5/5. Few radio frequency specialists seem to find that their personalities work mesh well with their career.
We asked radio frequency specialists how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
3.5 out of 5 stars
25 radio frequency specialists
20% of radio frequency specialists rated their career fit 5 stars
24% of radio frequency specialists rated their career fit 4 stars
44% of radio frequency specialists rated their career fit 3 stars
12% of radio frequency specialists rated their career fit 2 stars
How enjoyable is a radio frequency specialist’s work environment?
As a whole, radio frequency specialists rated their enjoyment of their work environment 3.4/5. Most of them tend to enjoy, or at least not be actively bothered by, their work environment.
We asked radio frequency specialists how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.4 out of 5 stars
26 radio frequency specialists
23% of radio frequency specialists rated their work environment 5 stars
27% of radio frequency specialists rated their work environment 4 stars
27% of radio frequency specialists rated their work environment 3 stars
12% of radio frequency specialists rated their work environment 2 stars
12% of radio frequency specialists rated their work environment 1 stars
Are radio frequency specialists making the best use of their abilities?
Former radio frequency specialists on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 3.3/5. Most radio frequency specialists are satisfied with how well their abilities are skills are made of use.
We asked radio frequency specialists how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
3.3 out of 5 stars
26 radio frequency specialists
23% of radio frequency specialists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
23% of radio frequency specialists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
23% of radio frequency specialists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
19% of radio frequency specialists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
12% of radio frequency specialists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars