27 Jun 2023
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Civil engineers that have worked for 10 years, receive between R47 795 and R69 306 per month. According to our survey, coverage by collective bargaining among employees is set at 1%. 99% are not covered by a collective agreement. This is the conclusion of research carried out by Mywage.co.za, in 2023.
Highest salary for civil engineers with 20 years of experience: R53 847 to R87 749 per month
People in this job with 20 years of work experience earn the highest salary: between R53 847 and R87 749 per month. People in this job who work for 10 years will receive an hourly wage ranging from R245 to R356.
Civil engineers mostly male
32% of workers in this occupation have 1 child or more. 28% of the respondents are female, 72% are male. The age group for workers in this occupation who answered the survey was mostly between 24 and 29 years of age.
Average working week of 40 hours
Coverage by collective bargaining amongst workers is 1%, while 99% are not covered by a collective agreement, according to our survey. On average, workers in this occupation work 40 hours per week.
47% of civil engineers fewer than 5 years of work experience
Since starting their first job, 47% of workers have worked fewer than 5 years. 9% of employees state that they have no permanent contract for their job. 48% of all participating people in this job work in a multinational organisation. For most workers in this occupation, the majority of their coworkers are male. The majority of people in this job work in organisations of 500 or more employees. 91% of workers state that they have a permanent contract for the work that they are doing.
In the survey, 6% of the employees choose 'highly dissatisfied' as their job satisfaction level. On the whole, workers in this occupation feel satisfied about their job. This feeling is shared by 40% of the workers in this occupation.
Wage dissatisfaction high among civil engineers
Of all surveyed workers in this occupation, 32% feel highly dissatisfied about their salary. Generally, 43% of the workers in this occupation report they are dissatisfied with their salary.
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