Hourly workers in the marijuana industry rank at the top of the list of \u201chappiest\u201d employees across multiple sectors\u2014with more than 9 in 10 reporting a \u201cpositive sentiment\u201d in their job\u2014according to a new survey.<\/p>\n
The annual Shift Pulse Report from the workforce management platform Deputy gauged how hourly workers felt about their jobs in 10 common industries\u2014from cannabis to cleaning services to firearms.<\/p>\n
While the overall finding of the report is that American workers are becoming less happy, with the happiness sentiment down to 78.5 percent in 2025 compared to 80 percent the prior year, the sector with the most content employees work at marijuana or e-cigarette\/tobacco businesses.<\/p>\n
A total of nearly 92 percent of cannabis and tobacco hourly workers said they feel positively about their jobs. By contrast, that sentiment is shared by 91 percent of hourly employees at catering, 90 percent in cafes, 90 percent of those in dentistry, 89 percent in gyms, 87 percent in firearms, 86 percent in sit-down restaurants, 84 percent in cleaning services and 83 percent in childcare.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis may reflect stronger workplace culture and wage competitiveness in newer, regulated industries that prioritize employee retention as they scale rapidly,\u201d Deputy said.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s also notable that cannabis sector hourly workers report higher levels of happiness in their trade considering that the industry faces unique challenges under federal prohibition, which has included an outsized risk of being targeted in robberies since many marijuana businesses operate in a largely cash-based environment.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis year\u2019s happiest industry sectors reveal a growing trend: purpose, predictability, and a sense of control over one\u2019s workday matter just as much\u2014if not more\u2014than prestige or pay alone,\u201d the report says. \u201cFor employers looking to improve sentiment, these industries offer practical lessons in team cohesion, autonomy, and culture-building.\u201d<\/p>\n
The \u201cunhappiest sectors\u201d among American hourly workers are those in pharmaceuticals (14 percent), delivery and postal services (14 percent), animal health (12 percent), doctor\u2019s offices (12 percent), outpatient care centers (10 percent) and other hospitality services (8 percent).<\/p>\n
\u201cThe 2025 Shift Pulse Report reveals sharp divides across the U.S. in how shift workers feel about their jobs\u2014with sentiment driven not just by geography, but also by local economic conditions, industry makeup, and cultural attitudes toward work,\u201d Deputy said.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor employers and policymakers, this is a call to action: where people live still heavily influences how they feel about the work they do\u2014and no single national strategy will solve for sentiment without considering these local realities,\u201d the report concludes.<\/p>\n
The report<\/a> is based on an analysis of 1,515,790 Shift Pulse survey responses submitted by shift workers across the U.S. between April 2024 and April 2025.<\/p>\n Marijuana workers might rank among the happiest among various sectors, but they\u2019re not without their set of challenges. Beyond the limited banking issue, there has also been a push to ensure that these employees are able to enter into labor peace agreements\u2014a policy that\u2019s been built into legalization laws in several states.<\/p>\n A federal judge recently struck down a voter-approved Oregon law that required licensed marijuana businesses enter into such agreements<\/a> with workers and mandated that employers remain neutral in discussions around unionization.<\/p>\n Marijuana Legalization Is Putting \u2018Pressure\u2019 On Alcohol Industry, CEO Of Jack Daniel\u2019s Parent Company Says Amid Profit Losses<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n The post Marijuana Industry Workers Are The Happiest In Any Job Sector In The U.S., Survey Finds<\/a> appeared first on Marijuana Moment<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Hourly workers in the marijuana industry rank at the top of the list of \u201chappiest\u201d employees across multiple sectors\u2014with more than 9 in 10 reporting a \u201cpositive sentiment\u201d in their job\u2014according to a new survey. The annual Shift Pulse Report from the workforce management platform Deputy gauged how hourly workersContinue Reading<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":458,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1335,18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81866"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/458"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81866"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81866\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81867,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81866\/revisions\/81867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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