Wage satisfaction low among legal secretaries

Highest salary for legal secretaries with 25 years of experience: R14 933 to R35 537 per month

Based on our survey, workers in this occupation with 25 years of work experience earn the highest salary: between R14 933 and R35 537 per month. Workers in this occupation starting out on the job, with 1 year of experience, can expect to earn between R38 and R83 per hour.

Of the people in this job who participated in the survey, 31% have no children. Based on the survey results, most workers are female. The age group for people in this job who answered the survey was mostly between 30 and 39 years of age.

Average working week of 39 hours

On average, workers in this occupation work 39 hours per week.

Coworkers mostly female

People in this job who have a permanent contract for the work they are performing, add up to 91%. Since starting their first job, 31% of workers in this occupation have worked fewer than 5 years. 9% of people in this job state that they have no permanent contract for their job. For most people in this job, the majority of their coworkers are female. 36% of all participating workers in this occupation work in a multinational organisation. The majority of workers in this occupation work in organisations of 500 or more employees.

The survey shows that 12% of the employees feel highly satisfied about their position. On the whole, workers feel satisfied about their job. This feeling is shared by 35% of the workers.

Wage dissatisfaction high among legal secretaries

Among the workers in this occupation, 33% reported they are highly dissatisfied with their wage. Generally, 39% of the workers in this occupation report they are dissatisfied with their salary.

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