Wage satisfaction low among personal care workers in health services

Employees with 30 years of work experience earn the highest salary: between $4,689 and $7,055 per month. 10 years of experience earns workers a monthly salary between $4,364 and $6,261.

The age group for employees who answered the survey was mostly between 20 and 24 years of age. Of the respondents, 66% are female and 34% are male.

Average working week of 32 hours

Workers work 32 hours per week on average.

Majority organisations employ 500 or more workers

Employees mostly work in organisations consisting of 500 or more people. 99% of workers state that they have no permanent contract for their job. In most cases, workers report that the majority of their coworkers are female. Employees who have a permanent contract for the work they are performing, add up to 1%. Since starting their first job, 64% of employees have worked fewer than 5 years.

The survey shows that 3% of the employees feel highly dissatisfied about their position. On the whole, people in this job feel satisfied about their job. This feeling is shared by 51% of the people in this job.

Among the workers in this occupation, 32% reported they are in between satisfied and dissatisfied with their wage. 39% of the workers reports to be satisfied with their wage.

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