7 Sept 2023
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Geologists and geophysicists who work for 5 years will receive a salary ranging from K8,856 to K31,729 per month. With 5 years of work experience, workers will earn K43 to K153 per hour. This is evident from research conducted by Mywage.org/Zambia, in 2023.
Highest salary for geologists and geophysicists with 15 years of experience: K9,259 to K46,515 per month
Based on our survey, workers with 15 years of work experience earn the highest salary: between K9,259 and K46,515 per month. Based on 5 years of work experience, employees will earn between K43 and K153 per hour.
Geologists and geophysicists mostly male
60% of employees have 1 child or more. Of the respondents, 19% are female and 81% are male. The age group for workers who answered the survey was mostly between 24 and 29 years of age.
Coverage by collective bargaining amongst employees is 3%, while 97% are not covered by a collective agreement, according to our survey. Employees work 42 hours per week on average.
Majority organisations employ 500 or more workers
54% of workers in this occupation state that they have a permanent contract for the work that they are doing. Workers who do not have a permanent contract for the work they are performing, added up to 46% of respondents. 47% of all participating people in this job work in a multinational organisation. Workers in this occupation mostly work in organisations consisting of 500 or more people. 52% of people in this job have worked fewer than 5 years since their first job. In most cases, workers in this occupation report that the majority of their coworkers are male.
The survey shows that 8% of the people in this job feel highly satisfied about their position. In general, most people in this job are in between satisfied and dissatisfied with their position. This is the case for 35% of the people in this job.
Wage dissatisfaction high among geologists and geophysicists
Of all surveyed people in this job, 29% feel highly dissatisfied about their salary. 32% of the workers reports to be dissatisfied with their wage.
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