Salary starting shoemakers R4 573 to R10 054 per month

Highest salary for shoemakers with 25 years of experience: R8 877 to R24 481 per month

Based on our survey, workers with 25 years of work experience earn the highest salary: between R8 877 and R24 481 per month. Veteran workers in this occupation, working for at least 30 years, receive between R46 and R124 per hour.

Shoemakers mostly female

27% says they are male, while 73% entered female as their gender. Employees who answered the survey are mostly between 30 and 39 years of age. 60% of workers have 1 child or more.

Workers work 40 hours per week on average.

Majority organisations employ 500 or more workers

For most workers in this occupation, the majority of their coworkers are female. 43% of workers state that they have no permanent contract for their job. 37% of all participating people in this job work in a multinational organisation. Since starting their first job, 43% of workers in this occupation have worked fewer than 5 years. Workers who have a permanent contract for the work they are performing, add up to 57%. People in this job mostly work in organisations consisting of 500 or more people.

The survey shows that 10% of the workers in this occupation feel highly satisfied about their position. On the whole, workers feel in between satisfied and dissatisfied about their job. This feeling is shared by 32% of the workers.

Wage dissatisfaction high among shoemakers

Of all surveyed workers in this occupation, 33% feel dissatisfied about their salary. 42% of the workers in this occupation reports to be highly dissatisfied with their wage.

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