24 Apr 2024
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10 years of experience earns health care assistants a monthly salary between R5 742 and R13 055. People in this job who have 10 years of experience in their job, will earn between R5 742 and R13 055 per month. This is the conclusion of research carried out by Mywage.co.za, in 2024.
Highest salary for health care assistants with 30 years of experience: R6 664 to R19 041 per month
Workers in this occupation with 30 years of work experience earn the highest salary: between R6 664 and R19 041 per month. With 10 years of work experience, employees will earn from R5 742 to R13 055 monthly.
Among the employees who share information on their wages and working conditions, most are female. 65% of workers in this occupation are parents of at least 1 child. The age group for people in this job who answered the survey was mostly between 30 and 39 years of age.
Average working week of 42 hours
Coverage by collective bargaining amongst workers in this occupation is 2%, while 98% are not covered by a collective agreement, according to our survey. Workers in this occupation work 42 hours per week on average.
Majority organisations employ 500 or more workers
Employees who have a permanent contract for the work they are performing, add up to 62%. Employees who do not have a permanent contract for the work they are performing, added up to 38% of respondents. Since starting their first job, 58% of workers have worked fewer than 5 years. Of the participating workers, 8% work in a multinational organisation. For most workers in this occupation, the majority of their coworkers are female. The majority of workers work in organisations of 500 or more employees.
In the survey, 11% of the workers in this occupation choose 'highly satisfied' as their job satisfaction level. In general, most workers in this occupation are in between satisfied and dissatisfied with their position. This is the case for 33% of the workers in this occupation.
Wage dissatisfaction high among health care assistants
Of all surveyed people in this job, 28% feel in between satisfied and dissatisfied about their salary. Generally, 34% of the workers in this occupation report they are dissatisfied with their salary.
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