27 Sept 2023
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Musicians, singers and composers with 10 years of work experience will earn between K7,927 and K27,100 per month. This is evident from research conducted by Mywage.org/Zambia, in 2023.
Highest salary for musicians, singers and composers with 25 years of experience: K6,796 to K35,782 per month
Based on our survey, workers in this occupation with 25 years of work experience earn the highest salary: between K6,796 and K35,782 per month. Workers in this occupation who are new to the job, will earn between K6,859 and K15,432 per month, based on one year of work experience.
The age group for workers in this occupation who answered the survey was mostly between 24 and 29 years of age. 40% of workers in this occupation state that they do not have any children. Of the respondents, 60% are female and 40% are male.
Average working week of 37 hours
Coverage by collective bargaining amongst workers in this occupation is 14%, while 86% are not covered by a collective agreement, according to our survey. Workers in this occupation work 37 hours per week on average.
Coworkers mostly female
For most employees, the majority of their coworkers are female. 53% of employees state that they have a permanent contract for the work that they are doing. The majority of employees work in organisations of 500 or more employees. Since starting their first job, 72% of people in this job have worked fewer than 5 years. Employees who do not have a permanent contract for the work they are performing, added up to 47% of respondents. 35% of all participating workers work in a multinational organisation.
In the survey, 8% of the workers in this occupation choose 'highly satisfied' as their job satisfaction level. In general, most employees are in between satisfied and dissatisfied with their position. This is the case for 35% of the employees.
Wage dissatisfaction high among musicians, singers and composers
Among the people in this job, 23% reported they are in between satisfied and dissatisfied with their wage. Generally, 49% of the people in this job report they are dissatisfied with their salary.
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