Sometimes it's not just where you work that affects your happiness on the job. Female and minority midlevel associates reported slightly lower job satisfaction and different career expectations.

Female associates gave their workplaces an overall rating of 4.34, on average, while male midlevels averaged 4.43. The difference in satisfaction between minority and white associates was less pronounced. White midlevels gave their firms an average score of 4.41, while minority levels rated their firm a 4.36.

When it came to mulling the future, the differences between genders, and between white and minority associates, were starker.