Digital colourists rate their happiness above average.
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, digital colourists rate their career happiness 3.5 out of 5 stars which puts them in the top 29% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy digital colourists 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Executive producer | 3.6 | $60k |
| Camera operator | 3.6 | $53k |
| Model maker | 3.6 | $59k |
| Film and video editor | 3.6 | $53k |
| UX designer | 3.5 | $65k |
| Multimedia animator | 3.5 | $75k |
| Industrial designer | 3.5 | $67k |
| App developer | 3.5 | $71k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are digital colourists happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do digital colourists find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as digital colourists?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are digital colourist’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are digital colourists making the best use of their abilities?
Are digital colourists happy with their salary?
Digital colourists rated their satisfaction with their salaries 2.7/5. Digital colourists tend to be quite unhappy with their salary, with very few reporting satisfaction with their pay.
We asked digital colourists how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
2.7 out of 5 stars
35 digital colourists
14% of digital colourists rated their compensation 5 stars
14% of digital colourists rated their compensation 4 stars
26% of digital colourists rated their compensation 3 stars
23% of digital colourists rated their compensation 2 stars
23% of digital colourists rated their compensation 1 stars
Do digital colourists find their jobs meaningful?
On average, digital colourists rate the meaningfulness of their work a 3.2/5. Most tend to be satisified with the level of meaning they find in their careers.
We asked digital colourists how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
3.2 out of 5 stars
37 digital colourists
27% of digital colourists rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
16% of digital colourists rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
19% of digital colourists rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
27% of digital colourists rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
11% of digital colourists rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as digital colourists?
Digital colourists rated their personality fit with their work an average of 3.9/5. The majority of digital colourists find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked digital colourists how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
3.9 out of 5 stars
40 digital colourists
30% of digital colourists rated their career fit 5 stars
38% of digital colourists rated their career fit 4 stars
28% of digital colourists rated their career fit 3 stars
3% of digital colourists rated their career fit 2 stars
3% of digital colourists rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is a digital colourist’s work environment?
As a whole, digital colourists rated their enjoyment of their work environment 3.6/5. A solid majority of digital colourists enjoy their work environment, probably contributing to overall higher satisfaction with working as a digital colourist.
We asked digital colourists how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.6 out of 5 stars
40 digital colourists
33% of digital colourists rated their work environment 5 stars
28% of digital colourists rated their work environment 4 stars
18% of digital colourists rated their work environment 3 stars
13% of digital colourists rated their work environment 2 stars
10% of digital colourists rated their work environment 1 stars
Are digital colourists making the best use of their abilities?
Former digital colourists on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 3.4/5. Most digital colourists are satisfied with how well their abilities are skills are made of use.
We asked digital colourists how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
3.4 out of 5 stars
40 digital colourists
28% of digital colourists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
23% of digital colourists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
18% of digital colourists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
25% of digital colourists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
8% of digital colourists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars