06 Apr 2024
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After 10 years of work experience, chemical engineers earn a monthly wage that ranges from €2,241 to €2,937. Workers earn between €10 and €14 per hour at the start of the career, having 1 year of work experience. This is made clear in research by Mywage.org/Malta, conducted in 2024.
Inexperienced chemical engineers earn hourly wage between €10 and €14
Based on our survey, people in this job with 25 years of work experience earn the highest salary: between €2,622 and €3,429 per month. People in this job starting out on the job, with 1 year of experience, can expect to earn between €10 and €14 per hour.
The age group for workers who answered the survey was mostly between 20 and 24 years of age. 80% says they are male, while 20% entered female as their gender. Of the workers in this occupation who participated in the survey, 70% have no children.
Average working week of 40 hours
Coverage by collective bargaining amongst workers in this occupation is 1%, while 99% are not covered by a collective agreement, according to our survey. Employees work 40 hours per week on average.
Coworkers mostly male
Workers in this occupation mostly work in organisations consisting of 500 or more people. Workers in this occupation who have a permanent contract for the work they are performing, add up to 77%. 23% of workers state that they have no permanent contract for their job. In most cases, people in this job report that the majority of their coworkers are male. Of the participating workers in this occupation, 56% work in a multinational organisation. 60% of employees have worked fewer than 5 years since their first job.
The survey shows that 9% of the people in this job feel dissatisfied about their position. On the whole, workers in this occupation feel satisfied about their job. This feeling is shared by 33% of the workers in this occupation.
Wage dissatisfaction high among chemical engineers
Of all surveyed workers in this occupation, 25% feel in between satisfied and dissatisfied about their salary. Generally, 45% of the workers report they are dissatisfied with their salary.
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