06 Aug 2023
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Electrical mechanics and fitters who work for 20 years will receive a salary ranging from R20 531 to R48 405 per month. 15% of employees state that they have no permanent contract for their job. This is made clear in research by Mywage.co.za, conducted in 2023.
Highest salary for electrical mechanics and fitters with 30 years of experience: R20 759 to R54 320 per month
Workers with 30 years of work experience earn the highest salary: between R20 759 and R54 320 per month. Per hour, workers with 20 years of experience earn between R105 and R248.
Electrical mechanics and fitters mostly male
Of the employees who participated in the survey, 40% have no children. Among the employees who share information on their wages and working conditions, most are male. The age group for employees who answered the survey was mostly between 30 and 39 years of age.
On average, people in this job work 41 hours per week. According to our survey, coverage by collective bargaining among workers is set at 1%. 99% are not covered by a collective agreement.
Coworkers mostly male
52% of all participating employees work in a multinational organisation. 85% of employees state that they have a permanent contract for the work that they are doing. For most people in this job, the majority of their coworkers are male. The majority of workers work in organisations of 500 or more employees. Workers in this occupation who do not have a permanent contract for the work they are performing, added up to 15% of respondents. 34% of workers in this occupation have worked fewer than 5 years since their first job.
In the survey, 10% of the workers in this occupation choose 'highly satisfied' as their job satisfaction level. In general, most workers are in between satisfied and dissatisfied with their position. This is the case for 32% of the workers.
Wage dissatisfaction high among electrical mechanics and fitters
Among the employees, 37% reported they are highly dissatisfied with their wage. Generally, 42% of the workers in this occupation report they are dissatisfied with their salary.
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