Majority dental assistants and therapists covered by collective agreement

Salary highly experienced dental assistants and therapists between R12 182 and R39 416 per month

Employees with 25 years of work experience earn the highest salary: between R13 456 and R40 897 per month. Experienced people in this job, with 30 years worth of experience, can earn a monthly salary between R12 182 and R39 416.

Dental assistants and therapists mostly female

35% of workers state that they do not have any children. Most employees are female, based on the survey results. People in this job who answered the survey are mostly between 24 and 29 years of age.

Average working week of 41 hours

Workers in this occupation work 41 hours per week on average. Coverage by collective bargaining amongst people in this job is 4%, while 96% are not covered by a collective agreement, according to our survey.

Coworkers mostly female

People in this job who do not have a permanent contract for the work they are performing, added up to 23% of respondents. Employees mostly work in organisations consisting of 500 or more people. For most workers, the majority of their coworkers are female. 53% of workers in this occupation have worked fewer than 5 years since their first job. Workers who have a permanent contract for the work they are performing, add up to 77%. 46% of all participating employees work in a multinational organisation.

In the survey, 6% of the workers choose 'highly satisfied' as their job satisfaction level. On the whole, workers feel in between satisfied and dissatisfied about their job. This feeling is shared by 44% of the workers.

Of all surveyed workers, 28% feel highly dissatisfied about their salary. Generally, 44% of the workers report they are dissatisfied with their salary.

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