30 Jun 2023
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Telecommunications engineering technicians that have worked for 30 years, receive between K6,252 and K27,040 per month. 57% of employees state that they have a permanent contract for the work that they are doing. This is the conclusion of research carried out by Mywage.org/Zambia, in 2023.
Workers with 20 years of work experience earn the highest salary: between K7,904 and K35,622 per month. Veteran employees, working for at least 30 years, receive between K30 and K130 per hour.
Telecommunications engineering technicians mostly male
The age group for people in this job who answered the survey was mostly between 24 and 29 years of age. 56% says they are male, while 44% entered female as their gender. 60% of workers are parents of at least 1 child.
Average working week of 41 hours
According to our survey, coverage by collective bargaining among people in this job is set at 7%. 93% are not covered by a collective agreement. People in this job work 41 hours per week on average.
Majority organisations employ 500 or more workers
Workers in this occupation who have a permanent contract for the work they are performing, add up to 57%. Employees mostly work in organisations consisting of 500 or more people. Since starting their first job, 55% of employees have worked fewer than 5 years. Workers in this occupation who do not have a permanent contract for the work they are performing, added up to 43% of respondents. In most cases, employees report that the majority of their coworkers are female. 32% of all participating workers work in a multinational organisation.
In the survey, 10% of the people in this job 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.
Among the people in this job, 24% reported they are in between satisfied and dissatisfied with their wage. 46% of the workers reports to be dissatisfied with their wage.
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