4 Jan 2024
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Chemical processing plant controllers who work for 15 years will receive a salary ranging from K9,303 to K95,642 per month. 17% of the respondents are female, 83% are male. This is made clear in research by Mywage.org/Zambia, conducted in 2024.
Inexperienced chemical processing plant controllers earn hourly wage between K28 and K130
Based on our survey, people in this job with 20 years of work experience earn the highest salary: between K10,467 and K99,341 per month. People in this job earn between K28 and K130 per hour at the start of the career, having 1 year of work experience.
Chemical processing plant controllers mostly male
83% says they are male, while 17% entered female as their gender. Workers who answered the survey are mostly between 24 and 29 years of age. 60% of employees are parents of at least 1 child.
Average working week of 41 hours
Employees work 41 hours per week on average. According to our survey, coverage by collective bargaining among workers in this occupation is set at 8%. 92% are not covered by a collective agreement.
50% of chemical processing plant controllers fewer than 5 years of work experience
Of the participating employees, 33% work in a multinational organisation. 67% of workers in this occupation state that they have a permanent contract for the work that they are doing. In most cases, people in this job report that the majority of their coworkers are male. The majority of workers in this occupation work in organisations of 500 or more employees. Since starting their first job, 50% of workers have worked fewer than 5 years. 33% of workers in this occupation state that they have no permanent contract for their job.
In the survey, 10% of the workers in this occupation choose 'highly satisfied' as their job satisfaction level. In general, most workers in this occupation are in between satisfied and dissatisfied with their position. This is the case for 29% of the workers in this occupation.
Among the workers in this occupation, 24% reported they are in between satisfied and dissatisfied with their wage. Generally, 46% of the employees report they are dissatisfied with their salary.
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