Hand sewers are one of the happiest careers in the United States.
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, hand sewers rate their career happiness 3.9 out of 5 stars which puts them in the top 13% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy hand sewers 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Craft artist | 4.0 | $37k |
| Potter | 4.0 | $34k |
| Cartoonist | 4.0 | $30k |
| Costume designer | 4.0 | $26k |
| Illustrator | 3.9 | $48k |
| Hand sewer | 3.9 | $30k |
| Ski patroller | 3.9 | $29k |
| Calligrapher | 3.8 | $64k |
| Tattoo artist | 3.8 | $39k |
| Shoemaker | 3.8 | $30k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are hand sewers happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do hand sewers find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as hand sewers?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are hand sewer’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are hand sewers making the best use of their abilities?
Are hand sewers happy with their salary?
Hand sewers rated their satisfaction with their salaries 3.4/5. Few are explicitly unhappy with their salaries, with most hand sewers having generally positive views of their salary.
We asked hand sewers how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
3.4 out of 5 stars
19 hand sewers
26% of hand sewers rated their compensation 5 stars
11% of hand sewers rated their compensation 4 stars
42% of hand sewers rated their compensation 3 stars
16% of hand sewers rated their compensation 2 stars
5% of hand sewers rated their compensation 1 stars
Do hand sewers find their jobs meaningful?
On average, hand sewers rate the meaningfulness of their work a 3.6/5. Unlike many careers, hand sewers have little difficulty finding meaning in their work, and it likely constitutes one of the main reasons people become hand sewers.
We asked hand sewers how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
3.6 out of 5 stars
19 hand sewers
16% of hand sewers rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
42% of hand sewers rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
32% of hand sewers rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
11% of hand sewers rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as hand sewers?
Hand sewers rated their personality fit with their work an average of 4.0/5. The majority of hand sewers find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked hand sewers how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
4.0 out of 5 stars
22 hand sewers
27% of hand sewers rated their career fit 5 stars
45% of hand sewers rated their career fit 4 stars
23% of hand sewers rated their career fit 3 stars
5% of hand sewers rated their career fit 2 stars
How enjoyable is a hand sewer’s work environment?
As a whole, hand sewers rated their enjoyment of their work environment 4.1/5. A solid majority of hand sewers enjoy their work environment, probably contributing to overall higher satisfaction with working as a hand sewer.
We asked hand sewers how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
4.1 out of 5 stars
22 hand sewers
32% of hand sewers rated their work environment 5 stars
45% of hand sewers rated their work environment 4 stars
23% of hand sewers rated their work environment 3 stars
Are hand sewers making the best use of their abilities?
Former hand sewers on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 3.8/5. Most hand sewers surveyed find that they manage to use their abilities to their fullest as a hand sewer, which helps contribute to higher career satisfaction in the long term.
We asked hand sewers how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
3.8 out of 5 stars
22 hand sewers
32% of hand sewers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
32% of hand sewers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
27% of hand sewers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
5% of hand sewers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
5% of hand sewers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars