Quality of life is one of the determinants of human life and greatly affects the direction in which our lives would be carried out. Research shows that quality of life is associated with a particular aspect of human life and as such is defined. Very broad term like that is difficult to cover in one common definition. In fact, common to all definitions is that the quality of life associated with well-being in a certain area, for example, how much we are satisfied with life, how we doing in a business sense, as we know health status, etc. Our research brings us details about the differences in the quality of life of people of different educational status, gender, position in the labor market. The study was conducted on 175 young adults (19-29 years) from Croatian territory some of which are only finished primary school, a high school education, while some with a degree. The obtained data indicate that different groups of young people differ in the following aspects of quality of life: there is a difference in the life of the primary family, marital status and financial situation of young people of different educational outcomes. Also, there is a difference in life satisfaction, independence, marital status and material conditions of men and women. The difference in the aspects of quality of life based on employment is evident in the experience of career success, independence and the household income.