Job satisfaction high among special needs teachers

19 Apr 2024 - Special needs teachers who work for 15 years will receive a salary ranging from USh939,289 to USh4,200,804 per month. Workers in this occupation with 25 years of work experience earn the highest salary: between USh1,043,159 and USh4,347,437 per month. This is evident from research conducted by Mywage.org/Uganda, in 2024.

Inexperienced special needs teachers earn hourly wage between USh3,382 and USh13,628

Based on our survey, people in this job with 25 years of work experience earn the highest salary: between USh1,043,159 and USh4,347,437 per month. Workers in this occupation starting out on the job, with 1 year of experience, can expect to earn between USh3,382 and USh13,628 per hour.

Special needs teachers mostly male

Based on the survey results, most workers are male. Employees who answered the survey are mostly between 24 and 29 years of age. 57% of workers are parents of at least 1 child.

Average working week of 36 hours

Coverage by collective bargaining amongst workers in this occupation is 16%, while 84% are not covered by a collective agreement, according to our survey. Workers in this occupation work 36 hours per week on average.

Coworkers mostly female

Employees who do not have a permanent contract for the work they are performing, added up to 70% of respondents. 27% of all participating employees work in a multinational organisation. People in this job mostly work in organisations consisting of 500 or more people. Employees who have a permanent contract for the work they are performing, add up to 30%. In most cases, workers report that the majority of their coworkers are female. Since starting their first job, 45% of workers in this occupation have worked fewer than 5 years.

In the survey, 9% of the workers in this occupation choose 'highly dissatisfied' as their job satisfaction level. On the whole, workers feel satisfied about their job. This feeling is shared by 40% of the workers.

Of all surveyed workers in this occupation, 24% feel highly dissatisfied about their salary. 30% of the employees reports to be in between satisfied and dissatisfied with their wage.

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