3 Oct 2023
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Journalists that have worked for 30 years, receive between K5,431 and K35,686 per month. Among the workers who share information on their wages and working conditions, most are female. This is evident from research conducted by Mywage.org/Zambia, in 2023.
Highest salary for journalists with 25 years of experience: K6,796 to K35,782 per month
Based on our survey, workers with 25 years of work experience earn the highest salary: between K6,796 and K35,782 per month. Employees who are new to the job, will earn between K6,859 and K15,432 per month, based on one year of work experience.
Journalists mostly female
Of the workers in this occupation who participated in the survey, 40% have no children. Most people in this job are female, based on the survey results. The age group for workers who answered the survey was mostly between 24 and 29 years of age.
Average working week of 37 hours
Coverage by collective bargaining amongst workers in this occupation is 14%, while 86% are not covered by a collective agreement, according to our survey. Workers in this occupation work 37 hours per week on average.
Coworkers mostly female
The majority of workers in this occupation work in organisations of 500 or more employees. Workers who have a permanent contract for the work they are performing, add up to 53%. People in this job who do not have a permanent contract for the work they are performing, added up to 47% of respondents. 72% of people in this job have worked fewer than 5 years since their first job. In most cases, workers report that the majority of their coworkers are female. 35% of all participating workers in this occupation work in a multinational organisation.
In the survey, 8% of the workers in this occupation 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 journalists
Among the workers in this occupation, 23% reported they are in between satisfied and dissatisfied with their wage. 49% of the workers reports to be dissatisfied with their wage.
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