Happy Careers
15 of the Happiest Jobs Around
The grass is always green on the other side, and we're always wondering about other people who are happy at their jobs. Business Insider and Career Bliss joined forces to figure out what jobs have the happiest employees by combing through 57,000 employee evaluations with over 450 job titles — and the results may surprise you.
Listed in order are the jobs that keep employees happy because of factors like flexibility, awesome co-workers, company culture, and more. The average salaries are also included for perspective.
- Research/teaching assistant: $33,600
- QA analyst: $58,000
- Realtor: $53,800
- Loan officer: $54,200
- Sales representative: $62,400
- Controller: $64,100
- HR manager: $64,800
- Software developer/engineer: $75,800
- Intern: $36,500
- Team leader: $67,000
- Construction manager: $72,400
- Facilities manager: $59,200
- Marketing consultant: $74,300
- Contractor: $63,200
- Designer: $65,900