14 Dec 2023
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Air traffic controllers that have worked for 0 years, receive between R13 659 and R29 736 per month. 40% of the employees reports to be dissatisfied with their wage. This is made clear in research by Mywage.co.za, conducted in 2023.
Highest salary for air traffic controllers with 25 years of experience: R26 546 to R58 689 per month
People in this job with 25 years of work experience earn the highest salary: between R26 546 and R58 689 per month. Workers in this occupation starting out on the job, with 1 year of experience, can expect to earn between R70 and R153 per hour.
Air traffic controllers mostly male
45% of workers are parents of at least 1 child. Workers who answered the survey are mostly between 24 and 29 years of age. 22% of the respondents are female, 78% are male.
Average working week of 41 hours
According to our survey, coverage by collective bargaining among employees is set at 1%. 99% are not covered by a collective agreement. Workers work 41 hours per week on average.
49% of air traffic controllers fewer than 5 years of work experience
The majority of workers in this occupation work in organisations of 500 or more employees. Workers who do not have a permanent contract for the work they are performing, added up to 21% of respondents. Of the participating people in this job, 50% work in a multinational organisation. Since starting their first job, 49% of workers have worked fewer than 5 years. For most workers, the majority of their coworkers are male. Employees who have a permanent contract for the work they are performing, add up to 79%.
In the survey, 6% of the workers choose 'highly dissatisfied' as their job satisfaction level. On the whole, people in this job feel satisfied about their job. This feeling is shared by 31% of the people in this job.
Wage dissatisfaction high among air traffic controllers
Of all surveyed employees, 35% feel highly dissatisfied about their salary. Generally, 40% of the workers report they are dissatisfied with their salary.
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