For today’s job seekers, work-life balance is the dream. Studies have shown that millennials value work-life balance more than all other job characteristics, though it’s not just millennials thinking this way – research has also shown that nearly half of all workers would forgo higher pay to gain more flexibility.
Comparably asked users to share whether they were satisfied with their work-life balance. The data comes from the anonymous salary records of more than 33,000 Comparably users across the tech sector.
Nearly 70% of people say they are satisfied with their work-life balance
Sixty-nine percent of people say they are satisfied with their work-life balance. Men had a slightly higher percentage (71%) than women (67%).
Maintaining work-life satisfaction is tough at every age, but peaks between ages 41 and 50
The highest percentage of people satisfied with their work-life balance were workers between 41 and 50 (71%). The lowest percentage of people satisifed with their work-life balance were people between 18 and 25 (67%).
Seattle is the city with the best work-life balance
Seventy-six percent of respondents in Seattle say they are satisfied with their work-life balance, the highest rate of any measured city. The next highest percentages were for respondents in San Francisco (73%) and Boston (73%).
The cities where respondents were least satisfied with their work-life balance were Minneapolis (51%) and Ft. Lauderdale (55%).
Executives, HR workers most satisfied; legal workers least satisfied
75% of the executive and HR workers surveyed said they were satisifed with their work-life balance. Engineering and product workers were close behind (74%). Workers in legal, communications, and customer support had the lowest percentages (60%, 61%, and 63%, respectively.)
The highest rates by gender/department were women in HR (75%) and men in product (75%). Lowest rates were women in communications (60%) and men in admin (61%). 
Data is as of April 23.
