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AIM :Self esteem is defined as general self -worth and effective experiences of the self that are linked to these global appraisals(Murphy and Morrel ,2005). Psychological well-being refers to how people evaluate their lives cognitively and effectively,in terms of satisfaction (Former et al,1985). Psychological well-being can be described as a State of a mental disorder, from the perspective of positive psychology. (Kitchener and jorm (2002).The present study aimed to investigate the self esteem and psychological well-being among working and non working women. METHOD: The study was done on 70 women aged 20 to 55 ,out of which 35 were working and 35 were non working. Purposive sampling methods was used. For assessment and measuring self esteem,the self esteem scale (Rosenberg ,1965)and for psychological well-being a scale measured and developed by (Goldberg ,1972) were used to collect data. The data were analysed by mean, standard deviation, Independent sample t-test , Pearson's product moment correlation. RESULTS: Result proves it , there is a significant difference in Self esteem among working and non working women. There is no significant difference in psychological well-being among working and non working women. Statistically there is no significant relationship between self esteem and psychological well-being among working and non working women.