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The teaching profession is quite stressful and most teachers experience stress during their work. Burnout is a constant exhaustion with many emotional, physical, cognitive and social symptoms resulting from long-term work stress. Also, burnout has negative consequences for both the teacher and the students themselves. The purpose of the present research is to investigate the burnout of permanent and substitute secondary education teachers in Prefecture of Drama. Quantitative research was carried out and the questionnaire was used as a research tool. The questionnaire consisted of 27 questions about demographics and the investigation of teacher burnout. The sample of this study was 100 permanent and substitute secondary education teachers in Prefecture of Drama. Statistical analysis of data was done with IBM SPSS. Descriptive statistics as well as Anova and t-tests analyzes were used to find differences between demographic characteristics and burnout. It was found that the majority of secondary school teachers in Prefecture of Drama are satisfied with their work, and that time pressure moderately affects their job satisfaction. However, the majority of teachers feel tired after a day at school and find it difficult to relax after a day of teaching, while at the same time, work stress has been found to be slightly more than they can handle. In addition, most teachers feel moderately exhausted because of their work. In conclusion, based on the research conducted, it was found that secondary public education teachers in the prefecture of Drama have a low level of burnout. Specifically, it was found that female substitute teachers, aged 61 years and over, who teach in Vocational High-Schools, have the highest burnout, while the male permanent teachers who are 20-30 years old and teach in gymnasiums have the less burnout. It is necessary in the future to exist more studies on the burnout of teachers in Prefecture of Drama, as well as on the exact reasons for their burnout.