This study carried out a questionnaire survey of opticians working at optical dispensing shops and eye elinies in Seoul and Gyeonggi-do for their job satisfaction for the period from june to October 2003. According to the result of analyzing opticians' job satisfaction according to their general characteristics, job satisfaction appeared higher in those aged over 36, in married ones than unmarried ones, and in college graduates and above. In addition, job satisfaction was higher in those working at ophthalmologic hospitals than those working at optical dispensing shops, in managers than in employees, those with a monthly salary over 3 million won, those who work less than 8 hours a day on the average, and those who have work experience over 8 years. However, no significant difference was found according to gender and the number of job changes. According to the result of regression analysis on general characteristics and job satisfaction, influence was high in order of working hours a day, workplace, academic qualification and location. According to the result of analyzing the 7 factors of job satisfaction, which were autonomy in work, human relations, work environment, occupational pride, job status, wage and the sense of belonging, opticians generally appeared to be satisfied with autonomy in work, human relations, job status and the sense of belonging, but not in work environment, occupational pride and wage. In addition, according to the result of comparing opticians working at optical dispensing shops with those at ophthalmologic hospitals for the 7 factors, the latter were more satisfied than the former in human relations, work environment, occupational pride and job status.