Sewing machine operators 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, sewing machine operators rate their career happiness 3.0 out of 5 stars which puts them in the bottom 30% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy sewing machine operators 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Carpenter | 3.0 | $48k |
| Cabinetmaker | 3.0 | $38k |
| Metal caster | 3.0 | $46k |
| Amusement attendant | 3.0 | $24k |
| Furniture finisher | 3.0 | $37k |
| Sewing machine operator | 3.0 | $30k |
| Elevator mechanic | 2.9 | $98k |
| Boilermaker | 2.9 | $64k |
| Drafter | 2.9 | $60k |
| Barista | 2.9 | $25k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are sewing machine operators happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do sewing machine operators find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as sewing machine operators?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are sewing machine operator’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are sewing machine operators making the best use of their abilities?
Are sewing machine operators happy with their salary?
Sewing machine operators rated their satisfaction with their salaries 3.0/5. Few are explicitly unhappy with their salaries, with most sewing machine operators having generally positive views of their salary.
We asked sewing machine operators how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
3.0 out of 5 stars
53 sewing machine operators
9% of sewing machine operators rated their compensation 5 stars
23% of sewing machine operators rated their compensation 4 stars
40% of sewing machine operators rated their compensation 3 stars
15% of sewing machine operators rated their compensation 2 stars
13% of sewing machine operators rated their compensation 1 stars
Do sewing machine operators find their jobs meaningful?
On average, sewing machine operators rate the meaningfulness of their work a 2.6/5. While most sewing machine operators aren’t very fulfilled by their work, some people may still manage to find meaning in it.
We asked sewing machine operators how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
2.6 out of 5 stars
54 sewing machine operators
13% of sewing machine operators rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
13% of sewing machine operators rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
24% of sewing machine operators rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
22% of sewing machine operators rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
28% of sewing machine operators rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as sewing machine operators?
Sewing machine operators rated their personality fit with their work an average of 3.5/5. The majority of sewing machine operators find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked sewing machine operators how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
3.5 out of 5 stars
60 sewing machine operators
23% of sewing machine operators rated their career fit 5 stars
32% of sewing machine operators rated their career fit 4 stars
25% of sewing machine operators rated their career fit 3 stars
12% of sewing machine operators rated their career fit 2 stars
8% of sewing machine operators rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is a sewing machine operator’s work environment?
As a whole, sewing machine operators rated their enjoyment of their work environment 3.3/5. Most of them tend to enjoy, or at least not be actively bothered by, their work environment.
We asked sewing machine operators how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.3 out of 5 stars
59 sewing machine operators
17% of sewing machine operators rated their work environment 5 stars
31% of sewing machine operators rated their work environment 4 stars
25% of sewing machine operators rated their work environment 3 stars
19% of sewing machine operators rated their work environment 2 stars
8% of sewing machine operators rated their work environment 1 stars
Are sewing machine operators making the best use of their abilities?
Former sewing machine operators on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 2.8/5. Sewing machine operators tend to feel that they don’t manage to use their abilities to their fullest, when compared to other careers.
We asked sewing machine operators how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
2.8 out of 5 stars
60 sewing machine operators
13% of sewing machine operators rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
18% of sewing machine operators rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
27% of sewing machine operators rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
20% of sewing machine operators rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
22% of sewing machine operators rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars