2 Nov 2023
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Lawyers with 5 years of work experience will earn between K7,746 and K21,383 per month. Of the participating people in this job, 35% work in a multinational organisation. This is evident from research conducted by Mywage.org/Zambia, in 2023.
Highest salary for lawyers with 25 years of experience: K6,796 to K35,782 per month
Based on our survey, people in this job with 25 years of work experience earn the highest salary: between K6,796 and K35,782 per month. Very experienced workers in this occupation that are working for 30 years, receive a salary ranging from K5,431 to K35,686 per month.
The age group for employees who answered the survey was mostly between 24 and 29 years of age. 60% of employees are parents of at least 1 child. Of the respondents, 60% are female and 40% are male.
Average working week of 37 hours
Coverage by collective bargaining amongst people in this job is 14%, while 86% are not covered by a collective agreement, according to our survey. On average, employees work 37 hours per week.
Coworkers mostly female
The majority of workers work in organisations of 500 or more employees. 47% of employees state that they have no permanent contract for their job. Since starting their first job, 72% of workers in this occupation have worked fewer than 5 years. For most employees, the majority of their coworkers are female. 35% of all participating employees work in a multinational organisation. Workers in this occupation who have a permanent contract for the work they are performing, add up to 53%.
In the survey, 8% of the workers choose 'highly satisfied' as their job satisfaction level. In general, most employees are in between satisfied and dissatisfied with their position. This is the case for 35% of the employees.
Wage dissatisfaction high among lawyers
Among the workers in this occupation, 23% reported they are in between satisfied and dissatisfied with their wage. 49% of the workers in this occupation reports to be dissatisfied with their wage.
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