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The study aimed to identify the status-quo of career alienation among the teachers of general education in Madinah. The researcher used the descriptive approach and the study sample consisted of (505) teachers from various stages of public education in Madinah. The researcher prepared a questionnaire to identify the aspects of status-quo of career alienation among the teachers and its impact on some variables. The questionnaire was consisted of (44) paragraphs divided into five dimensions: loss of standards, loss of confidence, social isolation, loss of control and sense of helplessness, self-alienation. The results revealed that the spread of career alienation among teachers of public education in Madinah was medium in degree taking into account the value of the dimension mean (3.0). The highest manifestations of alienation appeared among the teachers of public education in Madina was those related to the dimension of (loss of values), and the dimensions of (loss of confidence). There were statistically significant differences between the variable of (stage), and the manifestations of functional alienation among the teachers of public education in Medina. There are no statistically significant differences between the variable of (scientific qualification) and the manifestations of career alienation among the teachers of public education in Medina. There were no statistically significant differences between the variable of (years of experience). There were statistically significant differences between the variable (specialization) and the manifestations of career alienation related to the dimension of (loss of confidence, and the general dimension) in favor of the teachers of literary specialization. (Published abstract)