50% freight handlers fewer than 5 years of experience

Highest salary for freight handlers with 30 years of experience: R8 195 to R20 672 per month

Based on our survey, workers with 30 years of work experience earn the highest salary: between R8 195 and R20 672 per month. With 15 years of experience, workers in this occupation will earn between R38 and R81 per hour.

Freight handlers mostly male

Workers who answered the survey are mostly between 30 and 39 years of age. Most people in this job are male, based on the survey results. 76% of workers are parents of at least 1 child.

Average working week of 42 hours

People in this job work 42 hours per week on average.

Coworkers mostly male

Since starting their first job, 50% of workers in this occupation have worked fewer than 5 years. 80% of employees 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. Of the participating people in this job, 38% work in a multinational organisation. In most cases, employees report that the majority of their coworkers are male. Employees who do not have a permanent contract for the work they are performing, added up to 20% of respondents.

In the survey, 11% of the people in this job choose 'highly satisfied' as their job satisfaction level. In general, most workers are satisfied with their position. This is the case for 40% of the workers.

Wage dissatisfaction high among freight handlers

Of all surveyed workers in this occupation, 26% feel highly dissatisfied about their salary. Generally, 31% of the people in this job report they are dissatisfied with their salary.

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