Tell Us: Salary Aside, What’s Most Important to You in a Job?

There are a multitude of things that keep people happy at work, but right up at the top is work-life balance.

Thirty-six percent of people said work-life balance is what they care about most in a job, not including salary, according to the latest reading of an ongoing query by Comparably. More than 10,000 people across the tech sector participated in the query.

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Men and women were similar in their responses, though women chose “health care opportunities” slightly more (16% vs. 11% of men) and “career advancement opportunities” slightly less (20% vs. 27% of men).

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Chicago is all about it

People in every city ranked “work-life balance” at the top, though Chicagoans were really all about it: 43% of respondents from Chi-town were in favor of work-life balance.

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The latest data is as of April 6.

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