Food processing production supervisors 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, food processing production supervisors rate their career happiness 2.9 out of 5 stars which puts them in the bottom 21% of careers.

To put this into perspective, we compared how happy food processing production supervisors 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
Water treatment plant operator
2.9
$48k
Cement mason
2.9
$45k
Lodging manager
2.9
$50k
Street vendor
2.9
$27k
Food safety and quality technician
2.9
$36k
Industrial production manager
2.8
$98k
Concierge
2.8
$28k
Highway maintenance worker
2.8
$41k
Plumber
2.8
$51k

So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:

  • Salary: Are food processing production supervisors happy with their salary?
  • Meaning: Do food processing production supervisors find their jobs meaningful?
  • Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as food processing production supervisors?
  • Work environment: How enjoyable are food processing production supervisor’s work environments?
  • Skills utilization: Are food processing production supervisors making the best use of their abilities?

Are food processing production supervisors happy with their salary?

Food processing production supervisors rated their satisfaction with their salaries 3.2/5. Few are explicitly unhappy with their salaries, with most food processing production supervisors having generally positive views of their salary.

We asked food processing production supervisors how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:

3.2 out of 5 stars

72 food processing production supervisors

5 Star
8%

8% of food processing production supervisors rated their compensation 5 stars

4 Star
31%

31% of food processing production supervisors rated their compensation 4 stars

3 Star
39%

39% of food processing production supervisors rated their compensation 3 stars

2 Star
14%

14% of food processing production supervisors rated their compensation 2 stars

1 Star
8%

8% of food processing production supervisors rated their compensation 1 stars

Do food processing production supervisors find their jobs meaningful?

On average, food processing production supervisors rate the meaningfulness of their work a 2.6/5. The majority of food processing production supervisors struggle to find any sort of meaning in their work, likely resulting in less satisfaction with the career overall.

We asked food processing production supervisors how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:

2.6 out of 5 stars

72 food processing production supervisors

5 Star
8%

8% of food processing production supervisors rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars

4 Star
18%

18% of food processing production supervisors rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars

3 Star
19%

19% of food processing production supervisors rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars

2 Star
36%

36% of food processing production supervisors rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars

1 Star
18%

18% of food processing production supervisors rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars

How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as food processing production supervisors?

Food processing production supervisors rated their personality fit with their work an average of 3.4/5. The majority of food processing production supervisors don’t see personality fit as a hinderence in their career.

We asked food processing production supervisors how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:

3.4 out of 5 stars

73 food processing production supervisors

5 Star
19%

19% of food processing production supervisors rated their career fit 5 stars

4 Star
30%

30% of food processing production supervisors rated their career fit 4 stars

3 Star
30%

30% of food processing production supervisors rated their career fit 3 stars

2 Star
12%

12% of food processing production supervisors rated their career fit 2 stars

1 Star
8%

8% of food processing production supervisors rated their career fit 1 stars

How enjoyable is a food processing production supervisor’s work environment?

As a whole, food processing production supervisors rated their enjoyment of their work environment 3.1/5. Most of them tend to enjoy, or at least not be actively bothered by, their work environment.

We asked food processing production supervisors how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:

3.1 out of 5 stars

73 food processing production supervisors

5 Star
11%

11% of food processing production supervisors rated their work environment 5 stars

4 Star
30%

30% of food processing production supervisors rated their work environment 4 stars

3 Star
23%

23% of food processing production supervisors rated their work environment 3 stars

2 Star
26%

26% of food processing production supervisors rated their work environment 2 stars

1 Star
10%

10% of food processing production supervisors rated their work environment 1 stars

Are food processing production supervisors making the best use of their abilities?

Former food processing production supervisors on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 2.9/5. Food processing production supervisors tend to feel that they don’t manage to use their abilities to their fullest, when compared to other careers.

We asked food processing production supervisors how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:

2.9 out of 5 stars

74 food processing production supervisors

5 Star
16%

16% of food processing production supervisors rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars

4 Star
14%

14% of food processing production supervisors rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars

3 Star
26%

26% of food processing production supervisors rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars

2 Star
31%

31% of food processing production supervisors rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars

1 Star
14%

14% of food processing production supervisors rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars