09 Jun 2023
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With 10 years of experience, accounting and bookkeeping clerks will earn between R9 758 and R18 298 per month. Starting workers in this occupation with one year of experience, earn from R7 722 to R14 567 per month. This is the conclusion of research carried out by Mywage.co.za, in 2023.
Highest salary for accounting and bookkeeping clerks with 25 years of experience: R12 544 to R23 277 per month
Employees with 25 years of work experience earn the highest salary: between R12 544 and R23 277 per month. People in this job who are new to the job, will earn between R7 722 and R14 567 per month, based on one year of work experience.
Accounting and bookkeeping clerks mostly female
People in this job who answered the survey are mostly between 30 and 39 years of age. 19% says they are male, while 81% entered female as their gender. 35% of workers in this occupation state that they do not have any children.
Average working week of 40 hours
On average, workers in this occupation work 40 hours per week. According to our survey, coverage by collective bargaining among workers in this occupation is set at 2%. 98% are not covered by a collective agreement.
44% of accounting and bookkeeping clerks fewer than 5 years of work experience
For most workers in this occupation, the majority of their coworkers are female. Since starting their first job, 44% of workers have worked fewer than 5 years. 20% of people in this job state that they have no permanent contract for their job. 27% of all participating workers work in a multinational organisation. People in this job mostly work in organisations consisting of 500 or more people. Workers in this occupation who have a permanent contract for the work they are performing, add up to 80%.
In the survey, 8% of the workers choose 'highly dissatisfied' as their job satisfaction level. On the whole, people in this job feel in between satisfied and dissatisfied about their job. This feeling is shared by 31% of the people in this job.
Wage dissatisfaction high among accounting and bookkeeping clerks
Of all surveyed workers, 15% feel in between satisfied and dissatisfied about their salary. 39% of the people in this job reports to be dissatisfied with their wage.
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