6 Jun 2023
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15 years of experience earns accounting and bookkeeping clerks a monthly salary between K4,358 and K10,804. Of the participating workers, 39% work in a multinational organisation. This is made clear in research by Mywage.org/Zambia, conducted in 2023.
Highest salary for accounting and bookkeeping clerks with 20 years of experience: K4,537 to K11,130 per month
Workers with 20 years of work experience earn the highest salary: between K4,537 and K11,130 per month. Veteran employees, working for at least 30 years, receive between K24 and K38 per hour.
Of the respondents, 33% are female and 67% are male. The age group for people in this job who answered the survey was mostly between 24 and 29 years of age. 73% of employees are parents of at least 1 child.
Average working week of 43 hours
Coverage by collective bargaining amongst employees is 4%, while 96% are not covered by a collective agreement, according to our survey. Employees work 43 hours per week on average.
Majority organisations employ 500 or more workers
Workers in this occupation mostly work in organisations consisting of 500 or more people. In most cases, employees report that the majority of their coworkers are male. Since starting their first job, 61% of workers in this occupation have worked fewer than 5 years. 39% of all participating employees work in a multinational organisation. Employees who have a permanent contract for the work they are performing, add up to 57%. People in this job who do not have a permanent contract for the work they are performing, added up to 43% of respondents.
In the survey, 6% of the people in this job 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 42% of the employees.
Wage dissatisfaction high among accounting and bookkeeping clerks
Among the people in this job, 12% reported they are in between satisfied and dissatisfied with their wage. Generally, 42% of the workers report they are dissatisfied with their salary.
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