Majority primary school teachers covered by collective agreement

Highest salary for primary school teachers with 25 years of experience: R18 369 to R56 849 per month

Workers with 25 years of work experience earn the highest salary: between R18 369 and R56 849 per month. With 30 years of experience, workers in this occupation will earn between R75 and R278 per hour.

Primary school teachers mostly female

People in this job who answered the survey are mostly between 30 and 39 years of age. Of the respondents, 85% are female and 15% are male. 41% of employees state that they do not have any children.

Average working week of 40 hours

Workers in this occupation work 40 hours per week on average. Coverage by collective bargaining amongst employees is 6%, while 94% are not covered by a collective agreement, according to our survey.

Coworkers mostly female

10% of employees state that they have no permanent contract for their job. For most workers, the majority of their coworkers are female. Workers mostly work in organisations consisting of 500 or more people. 53% of workers have worked fewer than 5 years since their first job. Workers in this occupation who have a permanent contract for the work they are performing, add up to 90%. 27% of all participating people in this job work in a multinational organisation.

The survey shows that 9% of the workers feel highly dissatisfied about their position. In general, most employees are in between satisfied and dissatisfied with their position. This is the case for 31% of the employees.

Among the workers in this occupation, 28% reported they are in between satisfied and dissatisfied with their wage. 39% of the workers reports to be dissatisfied with their wage.

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