Aim: This study was planned to investigate the relationship between emotional labor and life satisfaction of midwives and nurses. Materials and Methods: The sample of this descriptive type of study consisted 214 midwives and nurses who work in a public hospital. The data was collected by “an information gathering form”, "Emotional Labor Scale"(ELS) and “Life Satisfaction Scale” (LSS). It was used frekans, percentage, mean, standard deviation, Kruskal Wallis test, Mann Whitney U test and Spearman Correlation analysis for the analysis of the data. Results: Sample consisted of 32.7% midwives and 67.3% nurses. There was no significant correlation between the score of ELS subdimensions and total score of LSS (p> 0.05). There was no difference between midwives and nurses in terms of the score of ELS subdimensions and total score of LSS (p>0,05). LLS total score was significantly higher (p<0,05) and score of ‘surface acting’ subdimension of ELS score was significantly lower (p<0,05) those who willingly choose the profession, don’t think to leave the profession and think that their income sufficient than inadvertently choosing profession, think to leave the profession and think that their income insufficient. LSS scores of high school graduates were found significantly lower than scores of postgraduate education (p <0.05). Conclusion: There was no difference between level of emotional labor and life satisfaction of midwives and nurses. It can be said that factors such as willingness to choose the profession, satisfaction with income and liking the profession positively affect life satisfaction.