2 Oct 2023
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5 years of work experience reaps authors and related writers a salary ranging from K7,746 to K21,383 per month. People in this job work 37 hours per week on average. This is made clear in research by Mywage.org/Zambia, conducted in 2023.
Highest salary for authors and related writers with 25 years of experience: K6,796 to K35,782 per month
Based on our survey, workers with 25 years of work experience earn the highest salary: between K6,796 and K35,782 per month. Based on one year of work experience, starting people in this job who are new to their job will earn between K6,859 and K15,432 per month.
40% of people in this job state that they do not have any children. The age group for workers in this occupation who answered the survey was mostly between 24 and 29 years of age. Most workers in this occupation are female, based on the survey results.
Average working week of 37 hours
On average, people in this job work 37 hours per week. Coverage by collective bargaining amongst workers in this occupation is 14%, while 86% are not covered by a collective agreement, according to our survey.
72% of authors and related writers fewer than 5 years of work experience
In most cases, workers report that the majority of their coworkers are female. Of the participating employees, 35% work in a multinational organisation. Workers mostly work in organisations consisting of 500 or more people. Workers in this occupation who do not have a permanent contract for the work they are performing, added up to 47% of respondents. Since starting their first job, 72% of people in this job have worked fewer than 5 years. 53% of employees state that they have a permanent contract for the work that they are doing.
The survey shows that 8% of the employees 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 35% of the workers in this occupation.
Wage dissatisfaction high among authors and related writers
Among the people in this job, 23% reported they are in between satisfied and dissatisfied with their wage. 49% of the employees reports to be dissatisfied with their wage.
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