Most journalists not satisfied with job

Highest salary for journalists with 25 years of experience: R23 273 to R49 580 per month

Employees with 25 years of work experience earn the highest salary: between R23 273 and R49 580 per month. People in this job who work for 20 years will receive an hourly wage ranging from R137 to R250.

Journalists mostly female

Of the respondents, 73% are female and 27% are male. 54% of employees are parents of at least 1 child. Employees who answered the survey are mostly between 30 and 39 years of age.

Average working week of 39 hours

People in this job work 39 hours per week on average.

Coworkers mostly female

For most employees, the majority of their coworkers are female. Employees who have a permanent contract for the work they are performing, add up to 83%. Employees mostly work in organisations consisting of 500 or more people. People in this job who do not have a permanent contract for the work they are performing, added up to 17% of respondents. Of the participating workers, 37% work in a multinational organisation. 49% of workers have worked fewer than 5 years since their first job.

In the survey, 11% of the people in this job choose 'dissatisfied' as their job satisfaction level. On the whole, workers feel satisfied about their job. This feeling is shared by 31% of the workers.

Wage dissatisfaction high among journalists

Of all surveyed workers, 29% feel dissatisfied about their salary. 33% of the workers in this occupation reports to be highly dissatisfied with their wage.

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