Air crew members 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, air crew members rate their career happiness 3.3 out of 5 stars which puts them in the top 43% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy air crew members 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ship captain | 3.5 | $72k |
| Air crew officer | 3.4 | $66k |
| Air traffic controller | 3.3 | $115k |
| Air crew member | 3.3 | $36k |
| Transit police officer | 3.2 | $72k |
| Military tactical operations leader | 3.2 | $40k |
| Locomotive engineer | 3.1 | $67k |
| Commercial fisherman | 3.1 | $37k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are air crew members happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do air crew members find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as air crew members?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are air crew member’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are air crew members making the best use of their abilities?
Are air crew members happy with their salary?
Air crew members rated their satisfaction with their salaries 3.3/5. Few are explicitly unhappy with their salaries, with most air crew members having generally positive views of their salary.
We asked air crew members how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
3.3 out of 5 stars
368 air crew members
20% of air crew members rated their compensation 5 stars
28% of air crew members rated their compensation 4 stars
26% of air crew members rated their compensation 3 stars
14% of air crew members rated their compensation 2 stars
12% of air crew members rated their compensation 1 stars
Do air crew members find their jobs meaningful?
On average, air crew members rate the meaningfulness of their work a 3.1/5. Most tend to be satisified with the level of meaning they find in their careers.
We asked air crew members how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
3.1 out of 5 stars
373 air crew members
22% of air crew members rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
22% of air crew members rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
20% of air crew members rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
16% of air crew members rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
20% of air crew members rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as air crew members?
Air crew members rated their personality fit with their work an average of 4.0/5. The majority of air crew members find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked air crew members how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
4.0 out of 5 stars
397 air crew members
41% of air crew members rated their career fit 5 stars
31% of air crew members rated their career fit 4 stars
17% of air crew members rated their career fit 3 stars
7% of air crew members rated their career fit 2 stars
5% of air crew members rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is an air crew member’s work environment?
As a whole, air crew members rated their enjoyment of their work environment 3.6/5. A solid majority of air crew members enjoy their work environment, probably contributing to overall higher satisfaction with working as an air crew member.
We asked air crew members how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.6 out of 5 stars
394 air crew members
31% of air crew members rated their work environment 5 stars
29% of air crew members rated their work environment 4 stars
19% of air crew members rated their work environment 3 stars
14% of air crew members rated their work environment 2 stars
7% of air crew members rated their work environment 1 stars
Are air crew members making the best use of their abilities?
Former air crew members on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 3.1/5. Most air crew members are satisfied with how well their abilities are skills are made of use.
We asked air crew members how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
3.1 out of 5 stars
395 air crew members
21% of air crew members rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
25% of air crew members rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
19% of air crew members rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
17% of air crew members rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
19% of air crew members rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars