Wage satisfaction low among buyers

Salary for starting buyers between R10 709 and R25 147 per month

Based on our survey, workers with 25 years of work experience earn the highest salary: between R19 631 and R51 372 per month. Based on one year of work experience, starting workers in this occupation who are new to their job will earn between R10 709 and R25 147 per month.

The age group for people in this job who answered the survey was mostly between 30 and 39 years of age. 64% of workers in this occupation have 1 child or more. Of the respondents, 63% are female and 37% are male.

Average working week of 41 hours

On average, workers in this occupation work 41 hours per week. Coverage by collective bargaining amongst people in this job is 1%, while 99% are not covered by a collective agreement, according to our survey.

Majority organisations employ 500 or more workers

Of the participating workers, 47% work in a multinational organisation. Workers 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 85%. Since starting their first job, 35% of workers have worked fewer than 5 years. In most cases, employees report that the majority of their coworkers are female. 15% of employees state that they have no permanent contract for their job.

The survey shows that 8% of the employees feel highly satisfied about their position. In general, most people in this job are in between satisfied and dissatisfied with their position. This is the case for 35% of the people in this job.

Wage dissatisfaction high among buyers

Of all surveyed workers, 35% feel dissatisfied about their salary. 37% of the workers reports to be highly dissatisfied with their wage.

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