13 Jun 2023
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Buyers who have 20 years of experience in their job, will earn between K9,132 and K66,079 per month. Of the participating employees, 35% work in a multinational organisation. This is made clear in research by Mywage.org/Zambia, conducted in 2023.
People in this job with 15 years of work experience earn the highest salary: between K7,723 and K71,844 per month. Veteran employees, working for at least 30 years, receive between K54 and K273 per hour.
58% of workers have 1 child or more. Based on the survey results, most people in this job are female. The age group for employees who answered the survey was mostly between 24 and 29 years of age.
According to our survey, coverage by collective bargaining among employees is set at 5%. 95% are not covered by a collective agreement. On average, workers in this occupation work 41 hours per week.
56% of buyers fewer than 5 years of work experience
For most people in this job, the majority of their coworkers are female. 63% of workers state that they have a permanent contract for the work that they are doing. 35% of all participating workers in this occupation work in a multinational organisation. 56% of workers in this occupation have worked fewer than 5 years since their first job. The majority of workers in this occupation work in organisations of 500 or more employees. 37% of workers in this occupation state that they have no permanent contract for their job.
In the survey, 10% of the workers choose 'highly satisfied' as their job satisfaction level. On the whole, people in this job feel in between satisfied and dissatisfied about their job. This feeling is shared by 29% of the people in this job.
Wage dissatisfaction high among buyers
Of all surveyed people in this job, 23% feel in between satisfied and dissatisfied about their salary. 48% of the workers reports to be dissatisfied with their wage.
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