Job Satisfaction Survey Norms

American Samples

Corrections

Education (Primary/secondary includes teachers in some samples).

Higher education

Manufacturing

Medical (Mostly nurses and technicians)

Mental health

Nurses

Police

Retail

Social services

Private sector

Public sector

Nonprofit sector

Total U.S.

Note: US norms are not representative of the US population. They contain an over-abundance of public sector, and medical/mental health organizations which tend to exhibit lower job satisfaction than private sector or other types of work.

Non US Samples

Canada

UK

All NonUS samples

Note: Norms are shown for countries with at least 6 samples, and as with the US, they are not representative of their respective countries. The overall nonUS norms are not very meaningful given the wide range of countries and sample characteristics.