16 Mar 2024
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Medical assistants who have 5 years of experience in their job, will earn between K6,653 and K24,793 per month. Employees with 20 years of work experience earn the highest salary: between K7,904 and K35,622 per month. This is the conclusion of research carried out by Mywage.org/Zambia, in 2024.
Highest salary for medical 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. Based on one year of work experience, starting people in this job who are new to their job will earn between K5,146 and K16,031 per month.
Among the workers in this occupation who share information on their wages and working conditions, most are male. Workers in this occupation who answered the survey are mostly between 24 and 29 years of age. 40% of employees state that they do not have any children.
Average working week of 41 hours
Employees work 41 hours per week on average. According to our survey, coverage by collective bargaining among workers is set at 7%. 93% are not covered by a collective agreement.
55% of medical assistants fewer than 5 years of work experience
55% of workers in this occupation have worked fewer than 5 years since their first job. Employees who do not have a permanent contract for the work they are performing, added up to 43% of respondents. 57% of people in this job state that they have a permanent contract for the work that they are doing. The majority of employees work in organisations of 500 or more employees. For most employees, the majority of their coworkers are female. 32% of all participating workers in this occupation work in a multinational organisation.
In the survey, 10% of the people in this job choose 'highly satisfied' as their job satisfaction level. On the whole, employees feel in between satisfied and dissatisfied about their job. This feeling is shared by 29% of the employees.
Wage dissatisfaction high among medical assistants
Among the workers, 24% reported they are in between satisfied and dissatisfied with their wage. 46% of the workers in this occupation reports to be dissatisfied with their wage.
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