Employee job satisfaction at work is a factor that must be considered by organizations or agencies, where such attention provides opportunities to develop and reduce pressure at work so that employees can feel comfortable at work and can improve the performance of these employees. There have been many studies examining the impact of employee job dissatisfaction. Experts agree that employee performance should be equal to job satisfaction. Based on many studies, the effect of job satisfaction on job performance can be explained by several factors. In this study, researchers are interested in researching what are the factors in job satisfaction at the Directorate General of Housing, Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing. In the initial survey results obtained by researchers, there are three main aspects in realizing employee job satisfaction at the Directorate General of Housing, Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing, namely internal motivation, work environment and competence. In measuring the relationship between these three variables with job satisfaction, researchers used the SmartPLS application. The results show that both internal motivation, work environment and competence both have a significant positive relationship to job satisfaction. Of these three variables, internal motivation is the most dominant variable affecting employee job satisfaction at the Directorate General of Housing. This of course should be a special concern for the Directorate General of Housing, Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing in order to increase employee job satisfaction in order to create good work results from employees.

Keywords : Job Satisfaction, Internal Motivation, Work Environment, Competence, PLS, Directorate General of Housing, Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing