---
title: "Job satisfaction — Work data 2026"
url: https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2026/work/data/job-sat
year: 2026
chapter: "work"
question: "JobSat"
section: "Job satisfaction + AI"
licence: "ODbL 1.0 (https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/)"
---

# Job satisfaction

Just 22% are classified as happy, while 33% are unhappy and 45% are complacent

Asked as: How satisfied are you in your current professional role? (`JobSat`, nps, optional, v2026.1)

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## Results

### All Respondents

n = 18,876

|  | Respondents | Percent |
| --- | ---: | ---: |
| Complacent at Work | 8,516 | 45.1% |
| Not Happy at Work | 6,161 | 32.6% |
| Happy at Work | 4,199 | 22.2% |

In context: https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2026/work/data.md