Hourly wage for inexperienced creative and performing artists R52 to R117

Highest salary for creative and performing artists with 25 years of experience: R16 932 to R46 152 per month

Employees with 25 years of work experience earn the highest salary: between R16 932 and R46 152 per month. Veteran workers in this occupation with 30 years worth of experience can earn an hourly wage between R73 and R235 per hour.

Most workers are female, based on the survey results. 46% of workers in this occupation state that they do not have any children. The age group for workers in this occupation who answered the survey was mostly between 30 and 39 years of age.

Average working week of 42 hours

Employees work 42 hours per week on average.

Coworkers mostly female

44% of workers in this occupation have worked fewer than 5 years since their first job. Workers in this occupation who do not have a permanent contract for the work they are performing, added up to 33% of respondents. Workers who have a permanent contract for the work they are performing, add up to 67%. For most workers, the majority of their coworkers are female. Workers mostly work in organisations consisting of 500 or more people. 32% of all participating employees work in a multinational organisation.

In the survey, 11% of the employees choose 'dissatisfied' as their job satisfaction level. In general, most employees are satisfied with their position. This is the case for 31% of the employees.

Wage dissatisfaction high among creative and performing artists

Among the people in this job, 29% reported they are dissatisfied with their wage. Generally, 33% of the employees report they are highly dissatisfied with their salary.

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