Assessment of the level of subjective well-being of IT specialists

The subject of the research is the subjective well-being of IT specialists in companies. The object of the study is the level and structure of the subjective well-being of IT specialists in companies. The aim of the work is to assess the current level of subjective well-being of IT specialists in companies, describe its structure, and formulate practical recommendations for HR specialists and company leaders on managing the well-being of IT specialists based on the results of a pilot study. The author formulates a combined definition of "subjective well-being of an IT specialist" based on existing theoretical foreign and domestic approaches to defining subjective well-being. Special attention is given to defining the specifics of the work of IT specialists. Socio-economic aspects determining the significance of the labor results of IT specialists in the modern economy of the state and companies have been identified. Research method: electronic surveying conducted in April 2026 among sixty IT specialists from Russian and foreign companies (non-random sampling). The author's toolkit includes twenty-one questions grouped into three content blocks: perception of the organizational environment, satisfaction with professional activities, and the affective component of subjective well-being. The results of the pilot study indicate the heterogeneity of the subjective well-being of IT specialists; the integral level of subjective well-being of IT specialists in the sample was 3.74 points out of 5, which corresponds to a moderately positive assessment. Application areas of the results: personnel management in companies; management of employee well-being; prevention of employee burnout; management of the compensation and benefits system in the company. The novelty of the research results: a definition of the concept "subjective well-being of an IT specialist" was formulated, and an author-designed toolkit for assessing the level of subjective well-being of IT specialists was developed and tested; relevant empirical data on the level and structure of subjective well-being of IT specialists were obtained. Based on the data collected, the author proposed practical recommendations for HR specialists and company leaders aimed at increasing the level of subjective well-being of IT specialists.