Salary for starting personal care workers in health services between $1,472 and $2,582 per month
Based on our survey, workers with 30 years of work experience earn the highest salary: between $1,794 and $3,885 per month. Workers in this occupation who are new to the job, will earn between $1,472 and $2,582 per month, based on one year of work experience.
Based on the survey results, most workers in this occupation are female. The age group for workers in this occupation who answered the survey was mostly between 49 and 70 years of age.
Average working week of 38 hours
On average, workers work 38 hours per week. Coverage by collective bargaining amongst people in this job is 2%, while 98% are not covered by a collective agreement, according to our survey.
Coworkers mostly female
Since starting their first job, 51% of people in this job have worked fewer than 5 years. Employees who have a permanent contract for the work they are performing, add up to 36%. For most people in this job, the majority of their coworkers are female. The majority of workers in this occupation work in organisations of 500 or more employees. Of the participating workers, 11% work in a multinational organisation. 64% of workers in this occupation state that they have no permanent contract for their job.
Wage dissatisfaction high among personal care workers in health services
Of all surveyed people in this job, 27% feel in between satisfied and dissatisfied about their salary. Generally, 35% of the workers report they are dissatisfied with their salary.
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