15 Mar 2024
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Community health workers that have worked for 30 years, receive between K6,252 and K27,040 per month. Generally, 46% of the workers report they are dissatisfied with their salary. This is made clear in research by Mywage.org/Zambia, conducted in 2024.
People in this job with 20 years of work experience earn the highest salary: between K7,904 and K35,622 per month. Workers in this occupation that have worked for 30 years, receive between K6,252 and K27,040 per month.
Community health workers mostly male
Workers in this occupation who answered the survey are mostly between 24 and 29 years of age. 60% of people in this job are parents of at least 1 child. Based on the survey results, most people in this job are male.
Average working week of 41 hours
People in this job work 41 hours per week on average. According to our survey, coverage by collective bargaining among workers in this occupation is set at 7%. 93% are not covered by a collective agreement.
Majority organisations employ 500 or more workers
Of the participating people in this job, 32% work in a multinational organisation. Since starting their first job, 55% of workers in this occupation have worked fewer than 5 years. People in this job who do not have a permanent contract for the work they are performing, added up to 43% of respondents. In most cases, workers report that the majority of their coworkers are female. The majority of people in this job work in organisations of 500 or more employees. 57% of workers state that they have a permanent contract for the work that they are doing.
The survey shows that 10% of the workers in this occupation 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 community health workers
Of all surveyed workers in this occupation, 24% feel in between satisfied and dissatisfied about their salary. 46% of the workers in this occupation reports to be dissatisfied with their wage.
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