Job satisfaction high among tailors, dressmakers, furriers and hatters

People in this job with 25 years of work experience earn the highest salary: between R8 877 and R24 481 per month. Veteran workers in this occupation, working for at least 30 years, receive between R46 and R124 per hour.

Tailors, dressmakers, furriers and hatters mostly female

Based on the survey results, most workers are female. The age group for people in this job who answered the survey was mostly between 30 and 39 years of age. 60% of workers are parents of at least 1 child.

Average working week of 40 hours

People in this job work 40 hours per week on average.

Majority organisations employ 500 or more workers

57% of people in this job state that they have a permanent contract for the work that they are doing. 43% of employees 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 43% of respondents. Of the participating workers, 37% work in a multinational organisation. The majority of workers in this occupation work in organisations of 500 or more employees. For most workers, the majority of their coworkers are female.

In the survey, 10% of the people in this job choose 'highly satisfied' as their job satisfaction level. On the whole, workers in this occupation feel in between satisfied and dissatisfied about their job. This feeling is shared by 32% of the workers in this occupation.

Wage dissatisfaction high among tailors, dressmakers, furriers and hatters

Of all surveyed employees, 33% feel dissatisfied about their salary. Generally, 42% of the employees report they are highly dissatisfied with their salary.

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