Job satisfaction varies by industry and region. In the US, IT, social services, health services, and creative services have high satisfaction levels. In Europe, education, health, and social services are satisfying. In Asia, construction, manufacturing, communications, and finance are satisfying. Small businesses with worker autonomy and education correlate with higher satisfaction. Women in Europe report higher satisfaction due to lower expectations. In the US, IT and healthcare have high satisfaction due to education, creative control, and helping others. In Europe, education and social services are satisfying due to making a difference. In Asia, banking and construction have adequate satisfaction due to employee attitudes and supply and demand.
Industries with high job satisfaction vary somewhat between Europe, the US and Asia. In the United States, information technology, social services, health services and creative services were some of the industries with the highest levels of satisfaction in 2011. European countries tend to observe higher levels of job satisfaction among workers in the education, health and social services . As a region, Asia reports high job satisfaction among workers in the construction, manufacturing, communications and finance industries.
Regardless of industry, high job satisfaction is more likely to be linked to small businesses that give workers autonomy and control over their tasks. Higher levels of education often correspond to higher levels of satisfaction, as educated workers seem to gravitate towards white-collar jobs and supervisory positions. In Europe, female employees are reported to have higher levels of satisfaction as the expectations imposed by their employers tend to be lower than those of male employees. Sometimes, higher expectations can lead to increased stress levels, which can lead to lower job satisfaction.
Information technology is one of the industries with the highest job satisfaction in the United States. Some of the jobs in this industry include systems engineers, network administrators and technical support specialists. Employees in the information technology field are likely to be well educated, earn adequate salaries at high levels, and have some degree of creative control. The healthcare industry is another US industry with high levels of satisfaction, which may be due to the intrinsic rewards gained from helping those in need and the ample job opportunities in this industry.
Some of the sectors in Europe with high levels of job satisfaction include education and social services. Teachers and administrators are not only educated, but must help design the curriculum for students. Education is a field that allows employees to feel like they are making a difference and see firsthand the results of their efforts. Social service jobs can focus on extending psychological, emotional and physical support to members of the population who are in distress or who are in need of assistance to improve their lives.
Asian countries experience low job satisfaction in many economic sectors. Many countries experience abnormal levels of job jumps and have difficulty retaining employees due to indifferent employee attitudes. Two sectors that seem to maintain adequate levels of satisfaction include banking and construction. Part of this may be due to better attitudes among employees qualified to work in these fields and the natural forces of supply and demand in the labor market.
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