21 Mar 2024
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With 20 years of work experience, police inspectors and detectives will earn from K9,132 to K66,079 monthly. 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. This is evident from research conducted by Mywage.org/Zambia, in 2024.
Highest salary for police inspectors and detectives with 15 years of experience: K7,723 to K71,844 per month
Employees with 15 years of work experience earn the highest salary: between K7,723 and K71,844 per month. Employees earn between K24 and K79 per hour at the start of the career, having 1 year of work experience.
Police inspectors and detectives mostly female
58% of workers in this occupation are parents of at least 1 child. Workers who answered the survey are mostly between 24 and 29 years of age. Among the workers who share information on their wages and working conditions, most are female.
Employees work 41 hours per week on average. According to our survey, coverage by collective bargaining among workers is set at 5%. 95% are not covered by a collective agreement.
Majority organisations employ 500 or more workers
People in this job mostly work in organisations consisting of 500 or more people. Since starting their first job, 56% of workers in this occupation have worked fewer than 5 years. 63% of workers state that they have a permanent contract for the work that they are doing. Of the participating employees, 35% work in a multinational organisation. For most workers in this occupation, the majority of their coworkers are female. Employees who do not have a permanent contract for the work they are performing, added up to 37% of respondents.
The survey shows that 10% 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 29% of the workers in this occupation.
Wage dissatisfaction high among police inspectors and detectives
Of all surveyed employees, 23% feel in between satisfied and dissatisfied about their salary. Generally, 48% of the workers in this occupation report they are dissatisfied with their salary.
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