29 Sept 2023
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Based on 15 years of work experience, engineering professionals will earn between R36 515 and R78 591 per month. 15 years of experience earns workers a monthly salary between R36 515 and R78 591. This is made clear in research by Mywage.co.za, conducted in 2023.
Highest salary for engineering professionals with 25 years of experience: R36 692 to R90 346 per month
Employees with 25 years of work experience earn the highest salary: between R36 692 and R90 346 per month. Based on 15 years of work experience, employees will earn between R36 515 and R78 591 per month.
The age group for people in this job who answered the survey was mostly between 24 and 29 years of age. Among the employees who share information on their wages and working conditions, most are female. 32% of people in this job have 1 child or more.
Average working week of 39 hours
On average, people in this job work 39 hours per week.
Coworkers mostly male
The majority of people in this job work in organisations of 500 or more employees. 74% of workers in this occupation state that they have a permanent contract for the work that they are doing. For most workers in this occupation, the majority of their coworkers are male. Of the participating people in this job, 44% work in a multinational organisation. Since starting their first job, 41% of employees have worked fewer than 5 years. People in this job who do not have a permanent contract for the work they are performing, added up to 26% of respondents.
In the survey, 6% of the people in this job choose 'highly dissatisfied' as their job satisfaction level. On the whole, workers in this occupation feel satisfied about their job. This feeling is shared by 40% of the workers in this occupation.
Wage dissatisfaction high among engineering professionals
Among the employees, 27% reported they are in between satisfied and dissatisfied with their wage. Generally, 39% of the people in this job report they are dissatisfied with their salary.
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