Cardiovascular technologists and technicians 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, cardiovascular technologists and technicians rate their career happiness 2.9 out of 5 stars which puts them in the bottom 22% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy cardiovascular technologists and technicians 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Respiratory therapist | 2.9 | $53k |
| Ophthalmic medical technician | 2.9 | $35k |
| Audiologist | 2.9 | $78k |
| Optician | 2.9 | $34k |
| Podiatrist | 2.9 | $126k |
| Cardiovascular technologist and technician | 2.9 | $58k |
| Orthotist and prosthetist | 2.9 | $68k |
| Clinical research coordinator | 2.8 | $112k |
| Licensed practical nurse | 2.8 | $45k |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologist | 2.8 | $46k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are cardiovascular technologists and technicians happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do cardiovascular technologists and technicians find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as cardiovascular technologists and technicians?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are cardiovascular technologist and technician’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are cardiovascular technologists and technicians making the best use of their abilities?
Are cardiovascular technologists and technicians happy with their salary?
Cardiovascular technologists and technicians rated their satisfaction with their salaries 3.0/5. Cardiovascular technologists and technicians tend to be quite unhappy with their salary, with very few reporting satisfaction with their pay.
We asked cardiovascular technologists and technicians how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
3.0 out of 5 stars
32 cardiovascular technologists and technicians
13% of cardiovascular technologists and technicians rated their compensation 5 stars
22% of cardiovascular technologists and technicians rated their compensation 4 stars
31% of cardiovascular technologists and technicians rated their compensation 3 stars
25% of cardiovascular technologists and technicians rated their compensation 2 stars
9% of cardiovascular technologists and technicians rated their compensation 1 stars
Do cardiovascular technologists and technicians find their jobs meaningful?
On average, cardiovascular technologists and technicians 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 cardiovascular technologists and technicians how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
3.1 out of 5 stars
32 cardiovascular technologists and technicians
16% of cardiovascular technologists and technicians rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
25% of cardiovascular technologists and technicians rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
31% of cardiovascular technologists and technicians rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
9% of cardiovascular technologists and technicians rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
19% of cardiovascular technologists and technicians rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as cardiovascular technologists and technicians?
Cardiovascular technologists and technicians rated their personality fit with their work an average of 3.7/5. The majority of cardiovascular technologists and technicians find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked cardiovascular technologists and technicians how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
3.7 out of 5 stars
32 cardiovascular technologists and technicians
16% of cardiovascular technologists and technicians rated their career fit 5 stars
50% of cardiovascular technologists and technicians rated their career fit 4 stars
25% of cardiovascular technologists and technicians rated their career fit 3 stars
3% of cardiovascular technologists and technicians rated their career fit 2 stars
6% of cardiovascular technologists and technicians rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is a cardiovascular technologist and technician’s work environment?
As a whole, cardiovascular technologists and technicians rated their enjoyment of their work environment 3.2/5. Most of them tend to enjoy, or at least not be actively bothered by, their work environment.
We asked cardiovascular technologists and technicians how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.2 out of 5 stars
32 cardiovascular technologists and technicians
19% of cardiovascular technologists and technicians rated their work environment 5 stars
22% of cardiovascular technologists and technicians rated their work environment 4 stars
28% of cardiovascular technologists and technicians rated their work environment 3 stars
22% of cardiovascular technologists and technicians rated their work environment 2 stars
9% of cardiovascular technologists and technicians rated their work environment 1 stars
Are cardiovascular technologists and technicians making the best use of their abilities?
Former cardiovascular technologists and technicians on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 3.1/5. Most cardiovascular technologists and technicians are satisfied with how well their abilities are skills are made of use.
We asked cardiovascular technologists and technicians how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
3.1 out of 5 stars
32 cardiovascular technologists and technicians
13% of cardiovascular technologists and technicians rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
25% of cardiovascular technologists and technicians rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
28% of cardiovascular technologists and technicians rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
28% of cardiovascular technologists and technicians rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
6% of cardiovascular technologists and technicians rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars