10 May 2023
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With 20 years of experience, chemists will earn between $7,212 and $11,776 per month. The majority of workers work in organisations of 500 or more employees. This is made clear in research by Mywage.org/Australia, conducted in 2023.
Highest salary for chemists with 25 years of experience: $7,102 to $11,936 per month
Workers in this occupation with 25 years of work experience earn the highest salary: between $7,102 and $11,936 per month. Very experienced people in this job that are working for 30 years, receive a salary ranging from $6,717 to $11,876 per month.
Based on the survey results, most workers in this occupation are male. Workers in this occupation who answered the survey are mostly between 30 and 39 years of age.
Average working week of 38 hours
Workers in this occupation work 38 hours per week on average.
Coworkers mostly female
Employees who have a permanent contract for the work they are performing, add up to 9%. For most people in this job, the majority of their coworkers are female. Workers mostly work in organisations consisting of 500 or more people. Workers who do not have a permanent contract for the work they are performing, added up to 91% of respondents. 50% of employees have worked fewer than 5 years since their first job. 7% of all participating workers 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, people in this job feel satisfied about their job. This feeling is shared by 57% of the people in this job.
Of all surveyed workers, 32% feel in between satisfied and dissatisfied about their salary. 49% of the people in this job reports to be satisfied with their wage.
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