Working well: a recent study cites job satisfaction among humanities graduates. From the study:

The data reveal that humanities majors’ overall job satisfaction is similar to that of graduates with bachelor’s degrees in other fields and that majors who earn an advanced degree (in the humanities or another field) are somewhat more likely to be satisfied with their work.

  • Despite differences in graduates’ typical earnings, the vast majority of bachelor’s degree holders in every academic field expressed satisfaction with their job (Indicator III-10a). In 2019, the rate of satisfaction for undergraduate humanities majors (who may also have one or more advanced degrees in the humanities or another field) was 87%. The rate for bachelor’s degree holders generally was 90%.

  • Humanities majors who went on to earn an advanced degree (in any field) were somewhat more likely to express satisfaction with their job than terminal bachelor’s degree holders (Indicator III-10b). While 85% of all workers with a terminal bachelor’s degree in the humanities reported they were either “somewhat” or “very” satisfied with their jobs, 91% of humanities majors with an advanced degree expressed satisfaction.

For other posts by Humanities Indicators, see here.