Wage satisfaction low among building and related electricians

Highest salary for building and related electricians with 30 years of experience: R11 866 to R30 993 per month

Based on our survey, people in this job with 30 years of work experience earn the highest salary: between R11 866 and R30 993 per month. Workers in this occupation who work for 5 years will receive a salary ranging from R8 472 to R19 444 per month.

Building and related electricians mostly male

The age group for workers who answered the survey was mostly between 30 and 39 years of age. 60% of workers are parents of at least 1 child. Of the respondents, 1% are female and 99% are male.

Average working week of 41 hours

On average, workers in this occupation work 41 hours per week.

45% of building and related electricians fewer than 5 years of work experience

For most employees, the majority of their coworkers are male. The majority of people in this job work in organisations of 500 or more employees. 16% of workers state that they have no permanent contract for their job. Of the participating workers, 45% work in a multinational organisation. Employees who have a permanent contract for the work they are performing, add up to 84%. Since starting their first job, 45% of people in this job have worked fewer than 5 years.

In the survey, 10% of the people in this job choose 'highly satisfied' as their job satisfaction level. On the whole, employees feel in between satisfied and dissatisfied about their job. This feeling is shared by 32% of the employees.

Wage dissatisfaction high among building and related electricians

Of all surveyed workers in this occupation, 37% feel highly dissatisfied about their salary. Generally, 42% of the people in this job report they are dissatisfied with their salary.

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