3 Nov 2023
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Based on 20 years of work experience, sociologists, anthropologists will earn between K7,333 and K32,818 per month. This is the conclusion of research carried out by Mywage.org/Zambia, in 2023.
Highest salary for sociologists, anthropologists with 25 years of experience: K6,796 to K35,782 per month
Employees 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 employees who are new to their job will earn between K6,859 and K15,432 per month.
Sociologists, anthropologists mostly female
60% of employees are parents of at least 1 child. Most employees are female, based on the survey results. Employees who answered the survey are mostly between 24 and 29 years of age.
Coverage by collective bargaining amongst people in this job is 14%, while 86% are not covered by a collective agreement, according to our survey. People in this job work 37 hours per week on average.
Coworkers mostly female
Of the participating employees, 35% work in a multinational organisation. Workers mostly work in organisations consisting of 500 or more people. For most people in this job, the majority of their coworkers are female. 53% of workers state that they have a permanent contract for the work that they are doing. Since starting their first job, 72% of workers in this occupation 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.
The survey shows that 8% of the workers 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 sociologists, anthropologists
Among the workers in this occupation, 23% reported they are in between satisfied and dissatisfied with their wage. 49% of the workers in this occupation reports to be dissatisfied with their wage.
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