Wind turbine services technicians 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, wind turbine services technicians rate their career happiness 3.2 out of 5 stars which puts them in the bottom 47% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy wind turbine services 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Energy auditor | 3.2 | $71k |
| Agricultural engineer | 3.2 | $81k |
| Grain elevator worker | 3.2 | $35k |
| Industrial ecologist | 3.2 | $71k |
| Marine engineer | 3.2 | $92k |
| Wind turbine services technician | 3.2 | $53k |
| Extraction worker | 3.2 | $37k |
| Mining and geological engineer | 3.1 | $91k |
| Radio mechanic | 3.1 | $55k |
| Welder | 3.1 | $38k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are wind turbine services technicians happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do wind turbine services technicians find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as wind turbine services technicians?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are wind turbine services technician’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are wind turbine services technicians making the best use of their abilities?
Are wind turbine services technicians happy with their salary?
Wind turbine services technicians rated their satisfaction with their salaries 3.8/5. The majority of wind turbine services technicians are quite happy with their salaries, with very few having complaints about their income level.
We asked wind turbine services technicians how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
3.8 out of 5 stars
22 wind turbine services technicians
18% of wind turbine services technicians rated their compensation 5 stars
50% of wind turbine services technicians rated their compensation 4 stars
27% of wind turbine services technicians rated their compensation 3 stars
5% of wind turbine services technicians rated their compensation 2 stars
Do wind turbine services technicians find their jobs meaningful?
On average, wind turbine services technicians rate the meaningfulness of their work a 3.0/5. While most wind turbine services technicians aren’t very fulfilled by their work, some people may still manage to find meaning in it.
We asked wind turbine services technicians how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
3.0 out of 5 stars
22 wind turbine services technicians
18% of wind turbine services technicians rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
9% of wind turbine services technicians rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
36% of wind turbine services technicians rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
23% of wind turbine services technicians rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
14% of wind turbine services technicians rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as wind turbine services technicians?
Wind turbine services technicians rated their personality fit with their work an average of 3.9/5. The majority of wind turbine services technicians find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked wind turbine services technicians how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
3.9 out of 5 stars
23 wind turbine services technicians
35% of wind turbine services technicians rated their career fit 5 stars
39% of wind turbine services technicians rated their career fit 4 stars
13% of wind turbine services technicians rated their career fit 3 stars
4% of wind turbine services technicians rated their career fit 2 stars
9% of wind turbine services technicians rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is a wind turbine services technician’s work environment?
As a whole, wind turbine services technicians rated their enjoyment of their work environment 3.5/5. A solid majority of wind turbine services technicians enjoy their work environment, probably contributing to overall higher satisfaction with working as a wind turbine services technician.
We asked wind turbine services technicians how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.5 out of 5 stars
23 wind turbine services technicians
17% of wind turbine services technicians rated their work environment 5 stars
43% of wind turbine services technicians rated their work environment 4 stars
22% of wind turbine services technicians rated their work environment 3 stars
4% of wind turbine services technicians rated their work environment 2 stars
13% of wind turbine services technicians rated their work environment 1 stars
Are wind turbine services technicians making the best use of their abilities?
Former wind turbine services technicians on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 3.1/5. Most wind turbine services technicians are satisfied with how well their abilities are skills are made of use.
We asked wind turbine services technicians how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
3.1 out of 5 stars
23 wind turbine services technicians
13% of wind turbine services technicians rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
35% of wind turbine services technicians rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
22% of wind turbine services technicians rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
13% of wind turbine services technicians rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
17% of wind turbine services technicians rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars