24 Jun 2023
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30 years of experience earns mechanical engineering technicians a monthly salary between K12,853 and K71,225. With 30 years of work experience, people in this job will earn K62 to K343 per hour. This is made clear in research by Mywage.org/Zambia, conducted in 2023.
Workers with 20 years of work experience earn the highest salary: between K10,467 and K99,341 per month. Based on 30 years of work experience, workers in this occupation will earn between K62 and K343 per hour.
The age group for workers who answered the survey was mostly between 24 and 29 years of age. Of the respondents, 17% are female and 83% are male. Of the people in this job who participated in the survey, 40% have no children.
Average working week of 41 hours
Workers work 41 hours per week on average. According to our survey, coverage by collective bargaining among people in this job is set at 8%. 92% are not covered by a collective agreement.
50% of mechanical engineering technicians fewer than 5 years of work experience
Of the participating people in this job, 33% work in a multinational organisation. In most cases, employees report that the majority of their coworkers are male. 33% of employees state that they have no permanent contract for their job. 67% of employees state that they have a permanent contract for the work that they are doing. The majority of workers work in organisations of 500 or more employees. 50% of workers in this occupation have worked fewer than 5 years since their first job.
The survey shows that 10% of the people in this job 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 mechanical engineering technicians
Among the employees, 24% reported they are in between satisfied and dissatisfied with their wage. Generally, 46% of the workers report they are dissatisfied with their salary.
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