4 Mar 2024
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With 5 years of work experience, pharmaceutical technicians and assistants will earn from K6,653 to K24,793 monthly. Of the respondents, 44% are female and 56% are male. This is evident from research conducted by Mywage.org/Zambia, in 2024.
Highest salary for pharmaceutical technicians and assistants with 20 years of experience: K7,904 to K35,622 per month
Based on our survey, people in this job with 20 years of work experience earn the highest salary: between K7,904 and K35,622 per month. Workers earn between K25 and K77 per hour at the start of the career, having 1 year of work experience.
Pharmaceutical technicians and assistants mostly male
Among the people in this job who share information on their wages and working conditions, most are male. 60% of workers in this occupation are parents of at least 1 child. The age group for workers who answered the survey was mostly between 24 and 29 years of age.
According to our survey, coverage by collective bargaining among workers in this occupation is set at 7%. 93% are not covered by a collective agreement. On average, workers work 41 hours per week.
55% of pharmaceutical technicians and assistants fewer than 5 years of work experience
People in this job who have a permanent contract for the work they are performing, add up to 57%. In most cases, employees report that the majority of their coworkers are female. 55% of workers have worked fewer than 5 years since their first job. Of the participating workers in this occupation, 32% work in a multinational organisation. Workers mostly work in organisations consisting of 500 or more people. 43% of workers state that they have no permanent contract for their job.
In the survey, 10% 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 29% of the employees.
Of all surveyed workers, 24% feel in between satisfied and dissatisfied about their salary. 46% of the workers reports to be dissatisfied with their wage.
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