Hairdressers mostly male

Inexperienced hairdressers earn hourly wage between Ksh60 and Ksh147

People in this job with 30 years of work experience earn the highest salary: between Ksh22,275 and Ksh172,495 per month. Employees earn between Ksh60 and Ksh147 per hour at the start of the career, having 1 year of work experience.

47% of employees are parents of at least 1 child. The age group for workers in this occupation who answered the survey was mostly between 24 and 29 years of age. 53% says they are male, while 47% entered female as their gender.

On average, people in this job work 41 hours per week. According to our survey, coverage by collective bargaining among workers in this occupation is set at 10%. 90% are not covered by a collective agreement.

Majority organisations employ 500 or more workers

44% of workers state that they have no permanent contract for their job. The majority of employees work in organisations of 500 or more employees. For most employees, the majority of their coworkers are female. Of the participating workers in this occupation, 18% work in a multinational organisation. 56% of workers in this occupation state that they have a permanent contract for the work that they are doing. Since starting their first job, 52% of workers have worked fewer than 5 years.

In the survey, 3% of the people in this job choose 'highly satisfied' as their job satisfaction level. In general, most employees are dissatisfied with their position. This is the case for 30% of the employees.

Wage dissatisfaction high among hairdressers

Among the people in this job, 28% reported they are highly dissatisfied with their wage. 49% of the workers reports to be dissatisfied with their wage.

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