Social fundraisers 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, social fundraisers rate their career happiness 2.9 out of 5 stars which puts them in the bottom 25% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy social fundraisers 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Business analyst | 3.0 | $75k |
| Public relations specialist | 3.0 | $61k |
| Market research analyst | 2.9 | $63k |
| Publicist | 2.9 | $58k |
| Social fundraiser | 2.9 | $57k |
| Controller | 2.9 | $71k |
| Merchandiser | 2.9 | $27k |
| Fundraising manager | 2.8 | $115k |
| Concierge | 2.8 | $28k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are social fundraisers happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do social fundraisers find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as social fundraisers?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are social fundraiser’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are social fundraisers making the best use of their abilities?
Are social fundraisers happy with their salary?
Social fundraisers rated their satisfaction with their salaries 2.7/5. Social fundraisers tend to be quite unhappy with their salary, with very few reporting satisfaction with their pay.
We asked social fundraisers how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
2.7 out of 5 stars
401 social fundraisers
7% of social fundraisers rated their compensation 5 stars
21% of social fundraisers rated their compensation 4 stars
24% of social fundraisers rated their compensation 3 stars
26% of social fundraisers rated their compensation 2 stars
21% of social fundraisers rated their compensation 1 stars
Do social fundraisers find their jobs meaningful?
On average, social fundraisers 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 social fundraisers how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
3.1 out of 5 stars
409 social fundraisers
17% of social fundraisers rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
27% of social fundraisers rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
23% of social fundraisers rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
19% of social fundraisers rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
14% of social fundraisers rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as social fundraisers?
Social fundraisers rated their personality fit with their work an average of 3.5/5. The majority of social fundraisers find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked social fundraisers how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
3.5 out of 5 stars
443 social fundraisers
24% of social fundraisers rated their career fit 5 stars
31% of social fundraisers rated their career fit 4 stars
23% of social fundraisers rated their career fit 3 stars
13% of social fundraisers rated their career fit 2 stars
9% of social fundraisers rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is a social fundraiser’s work environment?
As a whole, social fundraisers 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 social fundraisers how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.3 out of 5 stars
445 social fundraisers
16% of social fundraisers rated their work environment 5 stars
32% of social fundraisers rated their work environment 4 stars
26% of social fundraisers rated their work environment 3 stars
15% of social fundraisers rated their work environment 2 stars
11% of social fundraisers rated their work environment 1 stars
Are social fundraisers making the best use of their abilities?
Former social fundraisers on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 2.9/5. Social fundraisers tend to feel that they don’t manage to use their abilities to their fullest, when compared to other careers.
We asked social fundraisers how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
2.9 out of 5 stars
447 social fundraisers
11% of social fundraisers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
21% of social fundraisers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
28% of social fundraisers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
25% of social fundraisers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
15% of social fundraisers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars