RESUMEN
BACKGROUND– Work output of an employee is dependent on the job satisfaction level and is an important criterion as its effect has an indirect impact on the society. A study on job satisfaction level of faculties in Government Medical Colleges would help in the betterment of the Medical Education System in India as it would bring out factors that affect the performance of medical teachers. METHODS-- 100 structured questionnaires, based on 'The Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire', were distributed among faculties, which were duly filled up by the participants and the data from the questionnaires were statistically analyzed. RESULT--According to the grade of satisfaction level, it was found that 4.4% were extremely satisfied, 21.1% were very satisfied , 37.8% were satisfied, 30% were somewhat satisfied, , 5.5% were not satisfied, and 1.2% was indecisive. CONCLUSION—Transfer, low salary, disparity in infrastructure is instigating medical teachers to join different private medical colleges.