This study compares perceived levels of job satisfaction among journalists in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Based on recent surveys of 1,647 mainland Chinese journalists, 533 Hong Kong journalists, and 834 Taiwan journalists, this study found that journalists in the three regions expressed higher levels of job satisfaction on a number of intrinsic aspects of their job-such as relations with colleagues, social influence and amount of autonomy-than did some extrinsic job factors such as salary, promotion opportunities and fringe benefits. The results of the analysis also indicated that salary level, types of medium, and opportunities for exchange and training were significantly related to extrinsic job factors. The strongest predictor of the intrinsic job factors was amount of autonomy followed by opportunities for exchange and training.