Job Satisfaction: Salary and Work Motivation as Predictors

This study investigated salary and work motivation as predictors of perceived job satisfaction among secondary school teachers in Ado Ekiti. A descriptive research design was used in this study. The sample consisted of two hundred and fourteen (214) secondary school teachers. Data was collected using three standardized psychological scales: The Personal Information Questionnaire, Work Extrinsic and Intrinsic Motivation Scale (WEIMS) and Job Satisfaction Scale. The result showed that salary and work motivation jointly influence the job satisfaction of secondary school teachers (f= 31.28, p= <.05) while gender has no significant influence on their job satisfaction: (t= 1.46; df=212, p>.05).The study concludes that salary and work motivation are significant predictors of job satisfaction of teachers while gender is not a significant predictor of job satisfaction.