About This Test

Our Mission

Burnout Level Test exists to give anyone — free of charge — a validated, science-grounded starting point for understanding their relationship with work-related stress. We believe self-awareness is the first step toward meaningful change, and that access to psychological tools should not depend on the ability to pay.

The Science Behind This Test

This assessment is based on the conceptual framework of the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI), developed by Christina Maslach and Susan E. Jackson and first published in 1981. The MBI is the most widely used and extensively validated instrument for measuring occupational burnout worldwide.

The MBI measures burnout across three core dimensions:

• Emotional Exhaustion — feelings of being emotionally overextended and depleted by work
• Cynicism / Depersonalization — indifference or a detached, negative response to one's job
• Reduced Personal Efficacy — feelings of declining competence and loss of achievement at work

Our scoring algorithm combines these three dimensions into a composite burnout score, mapping to four practical levels: Thriving, Early Signs, Moderate Burnout, and Severe Burnout.

What This Test Is — and Is Not

This tool is designed as an educational self-assessment, not a clinical diagnostic instrument. Your results can help you reflect on patterns of stress and exhaustion, but they are not a substitute for evaluation by a qualified healthcare professional.

If you are experiencing severe exhaustion, hopelessness, or any thoughts of self-harm, please reach out for help immediately. You can call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, US) or contact a mental health professional in your area.

Privacy by Design

Your quiz answers are processed entirely within your browser using client-side JavaScript. No responses are transmitted to our servers or stored anywhere. Once you close the browser tab, your data is gone. We do not collect any health information that could be used to identify you.

How We Are Funded

This site is free to use and is supported by two revenue streams: Google AdSense (contextual display advertising) and affiliate partnerships with licensed online therapy providers. When you click an affiliate link and sign up for a service, we may receive a commission at no additional cost to you. These relationships do not influence the content of the assessment or its results.

References

• Maslach, C., & Jackson, S. E. (1981). The measurement of experienced burnout. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 2(2), 99–113. https://doi.org/10.1002/job.4030020205
• Maslach, C., Schaufeli, W. B., & Leiter, M. P. (2001). Job burnout. Annual Review of Psychology, 52(1), 397–422. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.psych.52.1.397
• Schaufeli, W. B., & Leiter, M. P. (2008). Burnout: 35 years of research and practice. Career Development International, 14(3), 204–220. https://doi.org/10.1108/13620430910966406
• World Health Organization. (2019). Burn-out an "occupational phenomenon": International Classification of Diseases. https://www.who.int/news/item/28-05-2019-burn-out-an-occupational-phenomenon
• Freudenberger, H. J. (1974). Staff burn‐out. Journal of Social Issues, 30(1), 159–165. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-4560.1974.tb00706.x

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