Job satisfaction high among agricultural and industrial machinery mechanics and repairers

Workers with 30 years of work experience earn the highest salary: between R19 514 and R42 427 per month. With 15 years of work experience, employees will earn from R17 883 to R35 771 monthly.

Agricultural and industrial machinery mechanics and repairers mostly male

Workers who answered the survey are mostly between 24 and 29 years of age. Among the people in this job who share information on their wages and working conditions, most are male. 40% of employees state that they do not have any children.

According to our survey, coverage by collective bargaining among workers is set at 4%. 96% are not covered by a collective agreement. On average, people in this job work 42 hours per week.

Majority organisations employ 500 or more workers

12% of workers state that they have no permanent contract for their job. Since starting their first job, 36% of workers have worked 10-20 years. Workers who have a permanent contract for the work they are performing, add up to 88%. Of the participating people in this job, 48% work in a multinational organisation. In most cases, people in this job report that the majority of their coworkers are male. The majority of workers work in organisations of 500 or more employees.

In the survey, 10% of the workers choose 'highly satisfied' as their job satisfaction level. In general, most employees are in between satisfied and dissatisfied with their position. This is the case for 32% of the employees.

Wage dissatisfaction high among agricultural and industrial machinery mechanics and repairers

Of all surveyed workers in this occupation, 36% feel dissatisfied about their salary. 44% of the people in this job reports to be highly dissatisfied with their wage.

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