Abstract: Objective To examine life quality and its influencing factors among taxi drivers in Ji'nan city.Methods With cluster random sampling, we surveyed 719 taxi drivers by using the MOS 36-Item Short Form Health Survey(SF-36).Results All the domain scores of SF-36 for the taxi drivers were significantly lower than those of the norm(all P<0.05).The scores of life quality were different among the drivers with different working shift, age, education level, income, length of service, working hours, sleep time, driving-related disorder, and physical exercise.Multiple regression analysis showed that the drivers with night-shift, longer working hours, longer length of service, with driving-related disorders, and lack of physical exercise had a lower life quality score.Conclusion The life quality among drivers was low and we should pay more attention to improve the life quality of taxi drivers.