Majority cooks covered by collective agreement

Highest salary for cooks with 30 years of experience: R6 929 to R17 901 per month

Workers in this occupation with 30 years of work experience earn the highest salary: between R6 929 and R17 901 per month. Starting people in this job with one year of experience, earn from R4 910 to R10 345 per month.

The age group for people in this job who answered the survey was mostly between 30 and 39 years of age. 57% of workers are parents of at least 1 child. 53% says they are male, while 47% entered female as their gender.

Coverage by collective bargaining amongst employees is 3%, while 97% are not covered by a collective agreement, according to our survey. Workers in this occupation work 40 hours per week on average.

Coworkers mostly female

In most cases, people in this job report that the majority of their coworkers are female. Workers in this occupation who have a permanent contract for the work they are performing, add up to 60%. Of the participating employees, 33% work in a multinational organisation. 50% of workers have worked fewer than 5 years since their first job. People in this job who do not have a permanent contract for the work they are performing, added up to 40% of respondents. The majority of people in this job work in organisations of 500 or more employees.

The survey shows that 11% of the employees feel highly satisfied about their position. In general, most workers are in between satisfied and dissatisfied with their position. This is the case for 33% of the workers.

Wage dissatisfaction high among cooks

Of all surveyed people in this job, 26% feel highly dissatisfied about their salary. Generally, 43% of the employees report they are dissatisfied with their salary.

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