Job satisfaction high among incinerator and water treatment plant operators

Salary highly experienced incinerator and water treatment plant operators between $5,227 and $9,303 per month

Based on our survey, workers in this occupation with 15 years of work experience earn the highest salary: between $5,571 and $9,594 per month. Experienced people in this job, with 30 years worth of experience, can earn a monthly salary between $5,227 and $9,303.

The age group for workers in this occupation who answered the survey was mostly between 30 and 39 years of age. Of the respondents, 29% are female and 71% are male.

Average working week of 39 hours

Workers in this occupation work 39 hours per week on average.

Majority organisations employ 500 or more workers

Since starting their first job, 55% of people in this job have worked fewer than 5 years. For most workers, the majority of their coworkers are female. People in this job mostly work in organisations consisting of 500 or more people. 4% of workers in this occupation state that they have a permanent contract for the work that they are doing. 96% of people in this job state that they have no permanent contract for their job. Of the participating workers, 2% work in a multinational organisation.

In the survey, 2% of the workers in this occupation choose 'highly dissatisfied' as their job satisfaction level. On the whole, workers feel satisfied about their job. This feeling is shared by 56% of the workers.

Among the employees, 34% reported they are in between satisfied and dissatisfied with their wage. 45% of the people in this job reports to be satisfied with their wage.

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