The theme of this final paper is Motivation and satisfaction of employees in a public institution on the example of elementary school. At the same time the aim of the paper is to investigate how important motivation and satisfaction are important factors for employees in public institutions in the educational activity, for example, Bršadin Elementary School. For this purpose, a survey was conducted in which 26 of the total 32 employees of the School were surveyed using a questionnaire. Theoretical research was based on books and academic articles published in peer-reviewed journals. The empirical research was conducted through a survey using a structured online questionnaire that was distributed by email. The results of the research showed which particular factors of motivation and satisfaction of the respondents are important factors in the organization, as well as the absence of demographic differences such as gender and age in the survey among the respondents. It also examined how factors of motivation and satisfaction affect the average motivation and satisfaction of employees, showing that respondents consider motivation and satisfaction as an important factor in the organization, and that regularity of pay and permanent employment positively affect employee satisfaction. The usefulness of conducting this empirical research is that the results can be used for further research, comparisons of motivation and satisfaction can be made with other public sector employees as well as the private sector. Another benefit is that management can more easily understand the attitudes of its employees and predict their future behaviors, in addition it can apply appropriate motivational techniques to those factors that have the lowest rating (level) of motivation and satisfaction, thus raising their motivation and satisfaction to an even greater level.