31 Oct 2023
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Mining engineers, metallurgists who have 5 years of experience in their job, will earn between R34 919 and R58 474 per month. On the whole, people in this job feel satisfied about their job. This feeling is shared by 40% of the people in this job. This is made clear in research by Mywage.co.za, conducted in 2023.
Highest salary for mining engineers, metallurgists with 30 years of experience: R36 094 to R91 367 per month
Employees with 30 years of work experience earn the highest salary: between R36 094 and R91 367 per month. Workers in this occupation who have 5 years of work experience, earn between R179 and R300 per hour.
Mining engineers, metallurgists mostly male
71% says they are male, while 29% entered female as their gender. The age group for people in this job who answered the survey was mostly between 24 and 29 years of age. Of the people in this job who participated in the survey, 68% have no children.
According to our survey, coverage by collective bargaining among employees is set at 1%. 99% are not covered by a collective agreement. On average, workers in this occupation work 41 hours per week.
Coworkers mostly male
52% of all participating workers in this occupation work in a multinational organisation. Workers who have a permanent contract for the work they are performing, add up to 81%. 19% of workers in this occupation state that they have no permanent contract for their job. In most cases, workers in this occupation report that the majority of their coworkers are male. The majority of employees work in organisations of 500 or more employees. Since starting their first job, 50% of workers have worked fewer than 5 years.
In the survey, 6% of the employees choose 'highly dissatisfied' as their job satisfaction level. In general, most workers are satisfied with their position. This is the case for 40% of the workers.
Among the workers in this occupation, 27% reported they are in between satisfied and dissatisfied with their wage. Generally, 39% of the workers report they are dissatisfied with their salary.
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