31 May 2023
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5 years of experience earns nursing professionals a monthly salary between K6,909 and K26,574. After 5 years of experience, people in this job receive a salary ranging from K33 to K128 per hour. This becomes clear through Mywage.org/Zambia research, presented on the occasion of International Nurses Day.
Based on our survey, workers with 15 years of work experience earn the highest salary: between K6,040 and K39,136 per month. With 5 years of work experience, workers in this occupation will earn K33 to K128 per hour.
Workers in this occupation who answered the survey are mostly between 24 and 29 years of age. Most workers are female, based on the survey results. 60% of workers are parents of at least 1 child.
Average working week of 40 hours
Coverage by collective bargaining amongst workers in this occupation is 5%, while 95% are not covered by a collective agreement, according to our survey. On average, employees work 40 hours per week.
Coworkers mostly female
Employees who have a permanent contract for the work they are performing, add up to 44%. Of the participating employees, 27% work in a multinational organisation. Since starting their first job, 56% of workers have worked fewer than 5 years. Employees mostly work in organisations consisting of 500 or more people. 56% of employees state that they have no permanent contract for their job. In most cases, workers report that the majority of their coworkers are female.
The survey shows that 8% of the employees 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.
Of all surveyed workers, 23% feel in between satisfied and dissatisfied about their salary. Generally, 49% of the workers report they are dissatisfied with their salary.
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