16 Mar 2024
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Medical and pathology laboratory technicians who have 10 years of experience in their job, will earn between €2,814 and €4,550 per month. Among the workers who share information on their wages and working conditions, most are female. This is made clear in research by Mywage.org/Ireland, conducted in 2024.
Highest salary for medical and pathology laboratory technicians with 25 years of experience: €3,376 to €5,598 per month
Workers in this occupation with 25 years of work experience earn the highest salary: between €3,376 and €5,598 per month. Based on one year of work experience, starting workers in this occupation who are new to their job will earn between €2,259 and €3,426 per month.
The age group for employees who answered the survey was mostly between 49 and 70 years of age. Most workers in this occupation are female, based on the survey results.
Average working week of 38 hours
On average, people in this job work 38 hours per week.
Coworkers mostly female
30% of workers in this occupation have worked more than 30 years since their first job. The majority of workers in this occupation work in organisations of 500 or more employees. Of the participating workers, 9% work in a multinational organisation. Employees who do not have a permanent contract for the work they are performing, added up to 87% of respondents. 13% of workers in this occupation state that they have a permanent contract for the work that they are doing. For most workers, the majority of their coworkers are female.
Wage dissatisfaction high among medical and pathology laboratory technicians
Among the people in this job, 31% reported they are in between satisfied and dissatisfied with their wage. Generally, 38% of the workers in this occupation report they are dissatisfied with their salary.
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