Wage satisfaction low among construction managers

Highest salary for construction managers with 30 years of experience: LKR47,596 to LKR209,820 per month

Employees with 30 years of work experience earn the highest salary: between LKR47,596 and LKR209,820 per month. Workers in this occupation starting out on the job, with 1 year of experience, can expect to earn between LKR210 and LKR555 per hour.

Construction managers mostly male

43% of workers have 1 child or more. Of the respondents, 10% are female and 90% are male. The age group for employees who answered the survey was mostly between 30 and 39 years of age.

Average working week of 41 hours

People in this job work 41 hours per week on average. Coverage by collective bargaining amongst people in this job is 2%, while 98% are not covered by a collective agreement, according to our survey.

45% of construction managers fewer than 5 years of work experience

The majority of workers work in organisations of 500 or more employees. 40% of all participating workers work in a multinational organisation. 32% of workers state that they have no permanent contract for their job. 45% of employees have worked fewer than 5 years since their first job. 68% of workers state that they have a permanent contract for the work that they are doing. In most cases, workers report that the majority of their coworkers are male.

The survey shows that 9% of the employees feel highly dissatisfied about their position. In general, most workers in this occupation are satisfied with their position. This is the case for 37% of the workers in this occupation.

Among the employees, 20% reported they are satisfied with their wage. 42% of the workers reports to be dissatisfied with their wage.

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