This study examined difference in career aspiration between married and single women who work for government offices. Subjects of the study were government employee at Pemda Kulon Progo with a total number of 120 persons; 84 of them were married w;th working husbands and 36 were single working women. Data were collected through questionnaire consisting Career Aspiration Scafe (Wisnuwardhani, 1998) and demographic data queslionnaire. The data were analyzed with t-test for independent samples and product moment correlation analysis. The result shows that there is no significant difference on career aspiration between married-women
and single-women workmg for government offices (t = 1, 379 ; p>O, 05). Other results reveal that level of education influences the magnitude of career aspiration (r=0,269; p<0,01); also there is a negative correlation between age and career aspiration (r=-0,365; p<0,01); length of tenure and career aspiration ( r = -0,31 S; p<0,01); and number of children with career aspiration ( r = -0,307; p<0,01).