16 Jun 2023
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With 15 years of experience, secretaries will earn between K4,246 and K22,301 per month. 73% of the respondents are female, 27% are male. This is made clear in research by Mywage.org/Zambia, conducted in 2023.
Inexperienced secretaries earn hourly wage between K17 and K53
Workers in this occupation with 25 years of work experience earn the highest salary: between K4,477 and K25,315 per month. Employees starting out on the job, with 1 year of experience, can expect to earn between K17 and K53 per hour.
Secretaries mostly female
The age group for workers who answered the survey was mostly between 24 and 29 years of age. 27% of people in this job state that they do not have any children. Based on the survey results, most people in this job are female.
Average working week of 42 hours
According to our survey, coverage by collective bargaining among employees is set at 7%. 93% are not covered by a collective agreement. On average, people in this job work 42 hours per week.
61% of secretaries fewer than 5 years of work experience
Workers in this occupation mostly work in organisations consisting of 500 or more people. Of the participating workers in this occupation, 32% work in a multinational organisation. Since starting their first job, 61% of workers in this occupation have worked fewer than 5 years. Workers in this occupation who have a permanent contract for the work they are performing, add up to 68%. In most cases, workers report that the majority of their coworkers are female. Workers in this occupation who do not have a permanent contract for the work they are performing, added up to 32% of respondents.
The survey shows that 6% of the workers feel highly satisfied about their position. On the whole, workers in this occupation feel in between satisfied and dissatisfied about their job. This feeling is shared by 42% of the workers in this occupation.
Wage dissatisfaction high among secretaries
Of all surveyed employees, 39% feel dissatisfied about their salary. Generally, 40% of the people in this job report they are highly dissatisfied with their salary.
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