This article aims to study the relationship and level of association between the money components and emotional factors in the Colombian workers, to determine which of them have a negative or positive impact on the job satisfaction of people with a wage employment. Data were taken from the National Survey of Life Quality (ECV) 2018, carried out by the statistics agency DANE. According to the results, satisfaction among the Colombian workers is directly related to both money and emotional factors. Likewise, this relationship was found to be negative. It is explained due to factors such as not to earn any extra wage or bonuses, psychological pressures, long workdays, or inappropriate working environment. In addition, in Colombia being part of an ethnic group is associated with a reduced job satisfaction