21 Feb 2024
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Medical secretaries who work for 25 years will receive a salary ranging from K10,328 to K61,440 per month. This is made clear in research by Mywage.org/Zambia, conducted in 2024.
Salary for starting medical secretaries between K4,982 and K16,336 per month
Based on our survey, workers in this occupation with 15 years of work experience earn the highest salary: between K7,723 and K71,844 per month. Based on one year of work experience, starting workers in this occupation who are new to their job will earn between K4,982 and K16,336 per month.
Medical secretaries mostly female
58% of workers have 1 child or more. Based on the survey results, most workers in this occupation are female. The age group for workers in this occupation who answered the survey was mostly between 24 and 29 years of age.
Coverage by collective bargaining amongst employees is 5%, while 95% are not covered by a collective agreement, according to our survey. Workers in this occupation work 41 hours per week on average.
53% of medical secretaries fewer than 5 years of work experience
53% of people in this job have worked fewer than 5 years since their first job. The majority of workers in this occupation work in organisations of 500 or more employees. Workers in this occupation who have a permanent contract for the work they are performing, add up to 63%. 39% of all participating workers work in a multinational organisation. In most cases, workers report that the majority of their coworkers are female. 37% of workers in this occupation state that they have no permanent contract for their job.
The survey shows that 10% of the workers in this occupation feel highly satisfied about their position. In general, most employees are in between satisfied and dissatisfied with their position. This is the case for 29% of the employees.
Among the workers, 23% reported they are in between satisfied and dissatisfied with their wage. Generally, 48% of the people in this job report they are dissatisfied with their salary.
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