47% dieticians and nutritionists have permanent contract

Highest salary for dieticians and nutritionists with 30 years of experience: K3,685 to K60,255 per month

Employees with 30 years of work experience earn the highest salary: between K3,685 and K60,255 per month. Workers earn between K20 and K80 per hour at the start of the career, having 1 year of work experience.

Employees who answered the survey are mostly between 24 and 29 years of age. Of the respondents, 42% are female and 58% are male. 60% of people in this job are parents of at least 1 child.

Average working week of 39 hours

On average, workers in this occupation work 39 hours per week. According to our survey, coverage by collective bargaining among people in this job is set at 3%. 97% are not covered by a collective agreement.

For most employees, the majority of their coworkers are female. Since starting their first job, 50% of workers have worked fewer than 5 years. Employees mostly work in organisations consisting of 500 or more people. Workers who do not have a permanent contract for the work they are performing, added up to 53% of respondents. 26% of all participating workers work in a multinational organisation. Employees who have a permanent contract for the work they are performing, add up to 47%.

The survey shows that 8% of the workers in this occupation feel highly satisfied about their position. In general, most employees are in between satisfied and dissatisfied with their position. This is the case for 35% of the employees.

Wage dissatisfaction high among dieticians and nutritionists

Among the workers, 23% reported they are in between satisfied and dissatisfied with their wage. 49% of the workers reports to be dissatisfied with their wage.

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