64% painters have permanent contract

Highest salary for painters with 25 years of experience: R10 543 to R30 145 per month

Based on our survey, workers with 25 years of work experience earn the highest salary: between R10 543 and R30 145 per month. Workers who work for 15 years will receive a salary ranging from R9 062 to R23 947 per month.

The age group for employees who answered the survey was mostly between 30 and 39 years of age. 60% of people in this job have 1 child or more. Based on the survey results, most employees are male.

Average working week of 40 hours

According to our survey, coverage by collective bargaining among people in this job is set at 3%. 97% are not covered by a collective agreement. Workers in this occupation work 40 hours per week on average.

Majority organisations employ 500 or more workers

People in this job who do not have a permanent contract for the work they are performing, added up to 36% of respondents. 43% of workers have worked fewer than 5 years since their first job. Employees mostly work in organisations consisting of 500 or more people. Workers in this occupation who have a permanent contract for the work they are performing, add up to 64%. For most employees, the majority of their coworkers are male. Of the participating workers in this occupation, 45% 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 32% of the employees.

Wage dissatisfaction high among painters

Of all surveyed workers in this occupation, 31% feel highly dissatisfied about their salary. 42% of the employees reports to be dissatisfied with their wage.

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