21 Oct 2023
-
0 years of experience earns visual artists a monthly salary between K6,859 and K15,432. 60% of the respondents are female, 40% are male. This is made clear in research by Mywage.org/Zambia, conducted in 2023.
Inexperienced visual artists earn hourly wage between K33 and K74
Based on our survey, workers in this occupation with 25 years of work experience earn the highest salary: between K6,796 and K35,782 per month. Workers starting out on the job, with 1 year of experience, can expect to earn between K33 and K74 per hour.
Employees who answered the survey are mostly between 24 and 29 years of age. Most people in this job are female, based on the survey results. 60% of employees are parents of at least 1 child.
On average, people in this job work 37 hours per week. Coverage by collective bargaining amongst people in this job is 14%, while 86% are not covered by a collective agreement, according to our survey.
Coworkers mostly female
The majority of people in this job work in organisations of 500 or more employees. Employees who have a permanent contract for the work they are performing, add up to 53%. 47% of workers in this occupation state that they have no permanent contract for their job. 72% of workers have worked fewer than 5 years since their first job. Of the participating workers, 35% work in a multinational organisation. In most cases, workers report that the majority of their coworkers are female.
In the survey, 8% of the workers in this occupation choose 'highly satisfied' as their job satisfaction level. In general, most people in this job are in between satisfied and dissatisfied with their position. This is the case for 35% of the people in this job.
Wage dissatisfaction high among visual artists
Among the people in this job, 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.
Share your wage
Tell Mywage.org/Zambia about your work and income. Compare your wage with others using the Salary Check, or fill out the unique Salary Survey for employees.