Education Job Match, Salary, and Job Satisfaction Across the Public, Non Profit, and For Profit Sectors: Survey of recent college graduates
Abstract Using data from the 2006 Survey of Recent College Graduates, this study examines how education job match and salary may explain recent college graduates' job satisfaction in the public, non profit, and for profit sectors. The results imply that while education job match increases job satisfaction in all three sectors, for profit workers may compensate the loss in job satisfaction due to poor match with increased satisfaction from higher salary. The findings suggest that, in the public and non profit sectors, increased salary cannot make up the loss in job satisfaction from poor education job match as much as it does in the for profit sector.