Fifty-four percent of workers in tech say they aren’t content with where they are in their careers, according to the latest reading of an ongoing query by Comparably.
The most and least satisfied workers
Workers in administrative roles, customer support, and finance showed the highest rates of dissatisfaction. Only 17% of workers in administrative roles, 23% of workers in customer support, and 25% of workers in finance said they were satisfied with the state of their careers.
Workers in executive roles, on the other hand, were overwhelmingly satisfied with their career progress (72% said they were satisfied with their careers).
Career satisfaction does not increase with experience
Workers with the least experience seem to have the most satisfaction in their careers — 63% of entry-level workers say they’re satisfied. Workers of other experience levels seemed to be in the same general vicinity in terms of satisfaction, with workers who have 6 to 10 years experience showing the lowest rates (41%).
Breakdown by city
Workers in Austin showed the highest levels of being satisfied with their career status (57%), followed next by workers in Los Angeles and New York. Workers in Phoenix demonstrated the lowest satisfaction in their careers, at only 20%. Dallas and Washington, D.C., reported the next-lowest levels of workers with career satisfaction.
Ethnicity snapshot
Sixty-nine percent of Hispanic or Latino workers said they were satisfied with where they are in their careers — the highest rate of any ethnicity. On the other end of the spectrum were those who identified as “other” — only 27% of them said they felt good about where there careers are at.
The latest reading is as of June 20 and includes the responses of more than 500 workers across the technology industry.
