Job satisfaction among health workers become high on the agenda as it has been the driving force on quality of work, productivity, patients’ satisfaction and organizational performance. Employees’ job satisfaction is sector dependent and inconsistent findings were reported in public and private sectors hospitals. Thus, the objective of this study was to examine the level of job satisfaction among health workers of private and public sector hospitals in South-West Shoa Zone, Oromia Regional State. Comparative cross-sectional survey was conducted on 220 healthcare workers who were selected based on stratified sampling method. The stratification is based on fields of profession. Spector’s self-administered Job Satisfaction Scale was used to collect data on job satisfaction. Descriptive statistics such as mean and standard deviation; and inferential statistics including independent sample t-test, one way ANOVA followed by Bonferroni post-hoc analysis were used. Pearson Correlation was also computed to determine the association between overall job satisfactions with facets of job satisfaction. The result of this study indicated that the mean score of overall job satisfaction in private sector hospital (M = 3.29, SD =.56) was found to be higher than those in public sector hospital (M = 2.94, SD = .41). The Independent sample t-test also revealed statistically significant difference on the level of overall job satisfaction between health workers at private and public sector hospital, t (219) = 5.292, p = .000. Regarding profession, the mean score of overall job satisfaction of Physicians was found to be 3.35 with SD of .54; Health officers (M= 3.48, SD= .63); Nurses (M=2.94, SD= .41); Midwifes (M=3.07, SD=.36); Lab technicians (M=2.70, SD=.09); Anesthesia expert (M=3.02, SD=.53); and others (M= 3.02, SD= .48). ANOVA further revealed the statistically significant differences on job satisfaction across fields of profession F (6, 214) = 7.430, p = .001. Moreover,the post-hoc
Job satisfaction among health workers become high on the agenda as it has been the driving force on quality of work, productivity, patients’ satisfaction and organizational performance. Employees’ job satisfaction is sector dependent and inconsistent findings were reported in public and private sectors hospitals. Thus, the objective of this study was to examine the level of job satisfaction among health workers of private and public sector hospitals in South-West Shoa Zone, Oromia Regional State. Comparative cross-sectional survey was conducted on 220 healthcare workers who were selected based on stratified sampling method. The stratification is based on fields of profession. Spector’s self-administered Job Satisfaction Scale was used to collect data on job satisfaction. Descriptive statistics such as mean and standard deviation; and inferential statistics including independent sample t-test, one way ANOVA followed by Bonferroni post-hoc analysis were used. Pearson Correlation was also computed to determine the association between overall job satisfactions with facets of job satisfaction. The result of this study indicated that the mean score of overall job satisfaction in private sector hospital (M = 3.29, SD =.56) was found to be higher than those in public sector hospital (M = 2.94, SD = .41). The Independent sample t-test also revealed statistically significant difference on the level of overall job satisfaction between health workers at private and public sector hospital, t (219) = 5.292, p = .000. Regarding profession, the mean score of overall job satisfaction of Physicians was found to be 3.35 with SD of .54; Health officers (M= 3.48, SD= .63); Nurses (M=2.94, SD= .41); Midwifes (M=3.07, SD=.36); Lab technicians (M=2.70, SD=.09); Anesthesia expert (M=3.02, SD=.53); and others (M= 3.02, SD= .48). ANOVA further revealed the statistically significant differences on job satisfaction across fields of profession F (6, 214) = 7.430, p = .001. Moreover,the post-hoc