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Introduction. Psychological research of professional activity has traditionally relied on ideas about its two main types – object-related and subject-related ones. In our previous studies, we emphasized the need for distinguishing an information-related type, which in the context of global informatization takes a central position (in practical terms) and has a high specificity (in theoretical terms). This study continues to identify this kind of specificity and considers it from the perspective of the metacognitive organization of activity. The results of this study represent the first evidence in favour of the metacognitive determination of job satisfaction which is characteristic of information technology professionals. Methods. The sample comprised 235 Russian professionals representing information-related and object-related professions. The study used the following psychological assessment tools: the Michigan Organizational Assessment Questionnaire Job Satisfaction Subscale, the Metacognitive Awareness Inventory, and the inventory for assessing Integrative-Typological Personal Professional Orientation. Results. The overall level of metacognitive awareness is a reliable predictor of job satisfaction among information technology professionals. The overall level of metacognitive awareness and the level of metacognitive knowledge may represent a reliable predictor for job satisfaction among the respondents whose professional orientation is highly compliant with information technology professions. In contrast, metacognitive awareness exerts no effect on job satisfaction among representatives of object-related professions including respondents whose professional orientations are in high compliance with this type of profession. Discussion. We compared the results of this study with those from previous studies in terms of the level of metacognitive awareness, its interprofessional differences, and job satisfaction. We concluded that information-related professions have specific characteristics that distinguish them from object-related ones in terms of metacognitive determination of job satisfaction.