Two studies examined the relation between job level and job satisfacti
on. Study I was a meta-analysis of the relation between job level and
job satisfaction using data drawn from 35 independent samples (N = 18,
534). It was found that as job level increased, so did job satisfactio
n. Several possible moderators of this relation were identified. Study
2 was a primary study of the relation between job level and job satis
faction using 4 measures of job level and 5 facets of job satisfaction
(N = 530 in 4 hospitals). There was a high degree of convergence amon
g the measures of job level and a consistently positive relation betwe
en the job level and job facet satisfaction measures. These studies su
ggest that the relation between job level and job satisfaction is posi
tive across most operationalizations of the 2 constructs and that othe
r moderators should be investigated to account for the large residual
variance in effect sizes identified.