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This study attempts to compare the level of job satisfaction of senior secondary school teachers of government and private schools with respect to social maturity. The hypothesis of the study is that there is no significant difference in the level of job satisfaction of senior secondary school teachers of government and private schools with respect to personal adequacy, inter-personal adequacy, social adequacy and social maturity. The researcher has used survey method in this study. To select the representative sample for the present study the research has employed two-stage random sampling technique. 400 senior secondary school teachers of district Dehradun and district Haridwar were selected randomly. Job satisfaction is the dependent variable and social maturity is the independent variable involved in the present study. Job Satisfaction Scale developed by Dr. Amar Singh and Dr. T.R. Sharma and Social Maturity Scale developed by Dr. NaliniRaohave been used to collect the data.Two-way analysis of variance has been used for the statistical analysis. Findings revealed that there was a significant difference in the level of job satisfaction of senior secondary school teachers of government and private schools. Senior secondary school teachers of government schools had higher job satisfaction. There was found a significant difference in the level of job satisfaction of senior secondary school teachers of government and private schools with respect to personal adequacy, inter-personal adequacy, social adequacy and social maturity. Senior secondary school teachers of government and private schools who had higher personal adequacy, inter-personal adequacy, social adequacy and social maturity had higher job satisfaction.