51% paper products machine operators fewer than 5 years of experience

Highest salary for paper products machine operators with 30 years of experience: R8 394 to R42 733 per month

Based on our survey, workers with 30 years of work experience earn the highest salary: between R8 394 and R42 733 per month. People in this job who have 0 years of work experience, earn between R34 and R82 per hour.

Paper products machine operators mostly male

The age group for workers in this occupation who answered the survey was mostly between 30 and 39 years of age. 83% of people in this job have 1 child or more. Based on the survey results, most employees are male.

Coverage by collective bargaining amongst workers in this occupation is 3%, while 97% are not covered by a collective agreement, according to our survey. Workers in this occupation work 41 hours per week on average.

Coworkers mostly male

Workers who do not have a permanent contract for the work they are performing, added up to 16% of respondents. 48% of all participating workers in this occupation work in a multinational organisation. In most cases, workers in this occupation report that the majority of their coworkers are male. 84% of people in this job state that they have a permanent contract for the work that they are doing. Since starting their first job, 51% of people in this job have worked fewer than 5 years. People in this job mostly work in organisations consisting of 500 or more people.

In the survey, 11% of the workers choose 'highly satisfied' as their job satisfaction level. On the whole, employees feel satisfied about their job. This feeling is shared by 37% of the employees.

Of all surveyed workers, 33% feel highly dissatisfied about their salary. 35% of the people in this job reports to be dissatisfied with their wage.

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