Job Satisfaction Survey Norms

American Norms: Medical Samples, Mainly Nurses and Technicians

Facet

Mean

Weighted Mean

Standard Deviation of Means

Salary

12.4

11.8

2.4

Promotion

11.8

11.4

2.0

Supervision

18.2

17.4

2.1

Benefits

14.1

13.4

2.4

Contingent Rewards

13.5

12.9

2.3

Conditions

13.3

13.0

2.3

Coworkers

17.5

16.8

2.0

Work Itself

19.1

18.3

2.1

Communication

15.0

14.4

2.2

Total

134.3

129.1

14.8

Number Of Samples = 27, Total Sample Size = 3525, December 27, 2008.

Mean = sum of sample means/number of samples. This represents mean of samples regardless of sample size. Weighted mean is sum of sample means times n per sample/total n. This is the mean of all subjects. Weighted mean is more influenced by large samples.

Copyright Paul E. Spector, All rights reserved, Last modified December 27, 2008.