Introduction: Comparative study of job satisfaction teachers of Jammu & Kashmir and Punjab The study was done on secondary school physical education teachers to know how much they are satisfied with their job.

Method: 150 male teachers were selected out of 502 government and non- government schools randomly form terrorist affected districts of Jammu & Kashmir state, i.e. from the districts of (Anatnag, Baramulla, Budgam, Doda, Kupwara, Poonch, Pulwama, Rajaouri, Srinagar), and to get a group of Counterparts with which variables could be compared. 150 physical educationteachers were selected out of 2230 secondary school from the districts of Punjab State. To assessJob satisfaction Sharma and Singh job satisfaction scale was used. The data was collected and recorded, t test were used to find the significance.

Result: The mean score of J and K state Teachers is 66.2 (SD =10.6) and that of Punjab state teachers is 76.6 (SD = 11.3). The value of t (= 8.13) with df = 298 is significant at .01 level of confidence showsthat Punjab state teachers were extremely satisfied with their job as compare to J&K teachersit signifies that the teachers from Punjab has an edge over the J & K State teachers.