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OBJECTIVE: To examine the degree of job satisfaction among hospital pharmacists and its influencing factors through systematic review of prior studies. METHODS. Databases were searched, including EMBASE, MEDLINE, RISS, and KISS to conduct systematic literature review. The search terms were hospital, pharmacist, pharmacy, job, career, and satisfaction. RESULTS. The included studies were published from 1995 to October 2016. After applying the inclusion and exclusion criteria to the retrieved 559 studies, a total of 12 studies were included for the final analysis. Nine studies were cross-sectional studies and 3 studies were prospective studies. Studies measured job satisfaction level using selfadministered survey. The questionnaire developed by Barnett and Kimberlin (1996) was the most common tool used from the included studies. In the study using 5-point Likert-type scale, the average job satisfaction level of hospital pharmacists was 3.18. It was 2.47 based on 4-point scale and 60.2 based on 100-point scale. Job satisfaction of hospital pharmacists was similar or lower as compared with other health care professionals such as clinicians and nurses. Factors associated with job satisfaction of hospital pharmacists were clinical activities, additional prescribing authorization, and interpersonal interaction. In Korea, a positive relationship between professionalism and job satisfaction was found. Also, task importance and repetition affected job satisfaction level. CONCLUSION According to the study results, the satisfaction level of hospital pharmacists is around the medium level. Effective strategy should be developed to improve job satisfaction based on the findings of the influencing factors to hospital pharmacists’ job satisfaction.