01 Oct 2023
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10 years of experience earns life science technicians (excluding medical) a monthly salary between R16 176 and R28 240. Based on the survey results, most workers in this occupation are female. This is the conclusion of research carried out by Mywage.co.za, in 2023.
Salary for starting life science technicians (excluding medical) between R12 032 and R20 892 per month
Based on our survey, people in this job with 25 years of work experience earn the highest salary: between R20 225 and R38 422 per month. Based on one year of work experience, starting workers who are new to their job will earn between R12 032 and R20 892 per month.
45% of people in this job are parents of at least 1 child. Employees who answered the survey are mostly between 24 and 29 years of age. Most people in this job are female, based on the survey results.
Average working week of 41 hours
People in this job work 41 hours per week on average. Coverage by collective bargaining amongst workers in this occupation is 3%, while 97% are not covered by a collective agreement, according to our survey.
Majority organisations employ 500 or more workers
People in this job who have a permanent contract for the work they are performing, add up to 78%. 65% of workers have worked fewer than 5 years since their first job. The majority of people in this job work in organisations of 500 or more employees. For most workers in this occupation, the majority of their coworkers are female. Workers who do not have a permanent contract for the work they are performing, added up to 22% of respondents. 51% of all participating workers work in a multinational organisation.
In the survey, 6% of the workers choose 'highly dissatisfied' as their job satisfaction level. On the whole, people in this job feel satisfied about their job. This feeling is shared by 31% of the people in this job.
Wage dissatisfaction high among life science technicians (excluding medical)
Of all surveyed workers, 35% feel highly dissatisfied about their salary. 40% of the workers in this occupation reports to be dissatisfied with their wage.
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