Job satisfaction

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Release date and time

15/09/2025 11:30am AEST

Released 15/09/2025

Metric

Self-reported measure of how workers perceive their job

Why this matters

Job satisfaction provides a measure of job quality.

The Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey collects overall job satisfaction for workers aged 15 to 64 years as a score from 0 to 10, where 0 is 'totally dissatisfied' and 10 is 'totally satisfied'.

Progress

In 2023, average job satisfaction was 7.8 out of 10, similar to the average job satisfaction score in 2022 (7.9) and slightly higher than 2003 (7.6).

Job satisfaction (a)
	Persons
2003	7.624442167
2004	7.58289017
2005	7.598851394
2006	7.563529852
2007	7.64217915
2008	7.662518064
2009	7.587230014
2010	7.582878739
2011	7.602910533
2012	7.621425998
2013	7.606158313
2014	7.611711917
2015	7.594629081
2016	7.631563737
2017	7.618616091
2018	7.652570183
2019	7.710534759
2020	7.790080501
2021	7.854488309
2022	7.851152814
2023	7.849735674

Job satisfaction (a)

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HILDA results are custom analysis of the HILDA survey, funded by the Australian Government Department of Social Services and managed by the Melbourne Institute.

Data Source

Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey

Differences across groups

In 2023, job satisfaction was:

similar by sex (7.8 for males and 7.9 for females)
similar by employment status (7.8 for casual workers and 7.8 for permanent workers)
slightly higher for part-time employees (7.9) than full-time employees (7.8).