31 Dec 2023
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After 20 years of work experience, social work associate professionals earn a monthly wage that ranges from Ksh44,473 to Ksh149,097. The survey shows that 6% of the employees feel highly satisfied about their position. This is made clear in research by Mywage.org/Kenya, conducted in 2023.
Highest salary for social work associate professionals with 15 years of experience: Ksh45,408 to Ksh158,805 per month
Employees with 15 years of work experience earn the highest salary: between Ksh45,408 and Ksh158,805 per month. People in this job who are new to the job, will earn between Ksh28,413 and Ksh88,984 per month, based on one year of work experience.
Social work associate professionals mostly female
Of the people in this job who participated in the survey, 49% have no children. The age group for workers in this occupation who answered the survey was mostly between 24 and 29 years of age. 41% says they are male, while 59% entered female as their gender.
Average working week of 42 hours
Coverage by collective bargaining amongst people in this job is 4%, while 96% are not covered by a collective agreement, according to our survey. Employees work 42 hours per week on average.
Coworkers mostly female
41% of workers in this occupation state that they have a permanent contract for the work that they are doing. The majority of workers in this occupation work in organisations of 500 or more employees. 59% of workers in this occupation state that they have no permanent contract for their job. 6% of all participating employees work in a multinational organisation. Since starting their first job, 65% of people in this job have worked fewer than 5 years. For most people in this job, the majority of their coworkers are female.
In the survey, 6% of the employees choose 'highly satisfied' as their job satisfaction level. On the whole, people in this job feel satisfied about their job. This feeling is shared by 31% of the people in this job.
Among the workers, 32% reported they are highly dissatisfied with their wage. Generally, 42% of the employees report they are dissatisfied with their salary.
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