The development of the shipping business sector has resulted in an increase in ship visits so that navigation activities have also increased. The Navigation District is a UPT in the field of navigation. The performance of Navigation District employees must be optimal in order to meet the needs of handling navigation activities at the port so that job satisfaction is very important to pay attention to. The purpose of this research is to determine the influence of compensation and career development partially or simultaneously on employee satisfaction of Navigation District Type A Class II Tanjung Emas Port Semarang. The study was conducted using a quantitative method on the population of all employees of the Navigation District Type A Class II Tanjung Emas Port Semarang with a selected sample of 100 people. The instrument used was a questionnaire for IBM SPSS 25 data collection to analyze the data.  The data analysis technique used multiple linear regression analysis statistical tests, t-tests, f-tests and determinant coefficients.  The results showed that compensation had a positive and insignificant effect on employee job satisfaction (β2 = 0.031; sig. = 0.630), while acrylic development had a positive and significant effect on employee job satisfaction (β1 = 0.329; sig. = 0.000). Compensation along with career development had a significant simultaneous influence on employee job satisfaction (sig. = 0.000) with contribution 23.9% (R2 = 0,239).