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 [1] and Career Bliss [2] 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