29 Nov 2023
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Building caretakers who work for 30 years will receive a salary ranging from GH₵499 to GH₵4,339 per month. Of all surveyed employees, 26% feel dissatisfied about their salary. This is evident from research conducted by Mywage.org/Ghana, in 2023.
Salary for starting building caretakers between GH₵553 and GH₵1,988 per month
Workers in this occupation with 25 years of work experience earn the highest salary: between GH₵805 and GH₵4,858 per month. People in this job who are new to the job, will earn between GH₵553 and GH₵1,988 per month, based on one year of work experience.
55% says they are male, while 45% entered female as their gender. Of the employees who participated in the survey, 68% have no children. The age group for people in this job who answered the survey was mostly between 24 and 29 years of age.
Average working week of 37 hours
People in this job work 37 hours per week on average. According to our survey, coverage by collective bargaining among workers is set at 2%. 98% are not covered by a collective agreement.
Coworkers mostly female
The majority of workers in this occupation work in organisations of 500 or more employees. 66% of workers in this occupation state that they have no permanent contract for their job. 23% of all participating people in this job work in a multinational organisation. In most cases, employees report that the majority of their coworkers are female. Workers in this occupation who have a permanent contract for the work they are performing, add up to 34%. 77% of people in this job have worked fewer than 5 years since their first job.
In the survey, 5% of the workers choose 'dissatisfied' as their job satisfaction level. In general, most employees are satisfied with their position. This is the case for 40% of the employees.
Among the workers in this occupation, 26% reported they are dissatisfied with their wage. Generally, 27% of the workers report they are highly dissatisfied with their salary.
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