GALLUP REPORTS ON JOB SATISFACTION

A Gallup Poll released in October shows that 40% of employed Americans believe they are in good jobs, versus 44% in mediocre jobs, and 16% in bad jobs.  The poll shows that how employees rank the quality of their job has a strong correlation with how they view their quality of life.   A majority of those making more than $140,000.00 a year, the top 10-percent, characterized their job as good, while less than a third of those making less than $24,000.00 felt their jobs were good.  About half of the workers were satisfied with their current pay, again closely correlated to their income.  Another significant finding was that only 37% found improvement in any single aspect of work besides pay over the last five years.  The study also found race, ethnicity and gender to be strongly correlated with perception of job quality