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This research analyzes work-family balance as a mediator of the relationship between social support from multiple domain (supervisor support, co-worker support, partner support) and job satisfaction on offshore workers. This research uses quantitative methods employing self-administered survey. A total of 230 respondents filled out the questionnaire, both online and offline. The analysis involves the Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) method. The findings show that work-family balance has a mediating role in two sources of social supports (supervisor support and partner support). This result indicates that increasing work-family balance is due to social support received by offshore workers that affects job satisfaction. Work-family balance does not provide significant effect on co-worker support and job satisfaction; however, there is a positive correlation. The mediating role of work-family balance occurs most effectively in the relationship between partner support and job satisfaction. The research contributes to the understanding of the work family-balance as an intervening variable to solve job satisfaction problem of offshore workers, especially in Indonesia because only a few researches has been done on this topic.