Television talk show hosts 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, television talk show hosts rate their career happiness 4.4 out of 5 stars which puts them in the top 1% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy television talk show hosts 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Motivational speaker | 4.3 | $55k |
| Film director | 4.3 | $75k |
| Actor | 4.2 | $42k |
| Performer | 4.2 | $33k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are television talk show hosts happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do television talk show hosts find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as television talk show hosts?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are television talk show host’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are television talk show hosts making the best use of their abilities?
Are television talk show hosts happy with their salary?
Television talk show hosts rated their satisfaction with their salaries 3.0/5. Television talk show hosts tend to be quite unhappy with their salary, with very few reporting satisfaction with their pay.
We asked television talk show hosts how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
3.0 out of 5 stars
24 television talk show hosts
25% of television talk show hosts rated their compensation 5 stars
8% of television talk show hosts rated their compensation 4 stars
21% of television talk show hosts rated their compensation 3 stars
29% of television talk show hosts rated their compensation 2 stars
17% of television talk show hosts rated their compensation 1 stars
Do television talk show hosts find their jobs meaningful?
On average, television talk show hosts rate the meaningfulness of their work a 4.2/5. Unlike many careers, television talk show hosts have little difficulty finding meaning in their work, and it likely constitutes one of the main reasons people become television talk show hosts.
We asked television talk show hosts how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
4.2 out of 5 stars
25 television talk show hosts
52% of television talk show hosts rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
28% of television talk show hosts rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
12% of television talk show hosts rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
8% of television talk show hosts rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as television talk show hosts?
Television talk show hosts rated their personality fit with their work an average of 4.5/5. The majority of television talk show hosts find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked television talk show hosts how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
4.5 out of 5 stars
27 television talk show hosts
74% of television talk show hosts rated their career fit 5 stars
11% of television talk show hosts rated their career fit 4 stars
11% of television talk show hosts rated their career fit 3 stars
4% of television talk show hosts rated their career fit 2 stars
How enjoyable is a television talk show host’s work environment?
As a whole, television talk show hosts rated their enjoyment of their work environment 4.4/5. A solid majority of television talk show hosts enjoy their work environment, probably contributing to overall higher satisfaction with working as a television talk show host.
We asked television talk show hosts how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
4.4 out of 5 stars
27 television talk show hosts
56% of television talk show hosts rated their work environment 5 stars
33% of television talk show hosts rated their work environment 4 stars
7% of television talk show hosts rated their work environment 3 stars
4% of television talk show hosts rated their work environment 2 stars
Are television talk show hosts making the best use of their abilities?
Former television talk show hosts on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 4.1/5. Most television talk show hosts surveyed find that they manage to use their abilities to their fullest as a television talk show host, which helps contribute to higher career satisfaction in the long term.
We asked television talk show hosts how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
4.1 out of 5 stars
27 television talk show hosts
48% of television talk show hosts rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
30% of television talk show hosts rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
11% of television talk show hosts rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
4% of television talk show hosts rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
7% of television talk show hosts rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars