Job Satisfaction of Teaching Professionals in Spain

Abstract

The objectives of this study were to describe the level of job satisfaction among teaching professionals in Spain and identify the personal and work-related factors that best predict their job satisfaction. The research used data from the 2019 Survey on Living Conditions (ECV, in Spanish) by the National Statistics Institute (INE), with a sample of 2,143 subjects. A one-way analysis of variance was conducted with a post hoc test and binary logistic regression. The conclusions show that teaching professionals in Spain exhibit a medium-high level of job satisfaction (higher than other professionals), confirming the strong role of vocation in the teaching profession. Satisfaction is predicted not by demographic but by work-related variables; type of contract is the most decisive variable. Satisfaction with personal relationships is also an important predictor of job satisfaction.

Keywords

• job satisfaction
• teachers
• teacher burnout
• predictor variables