Wage satisfaction low among civil engineering technicians

Dec 9, 2023 - Civil engineering technicians that have worked for 30 years, receive between LKR57,383 and LKR127,151 per month. The age group for people in this job who answered the survey was mostly between 24 and 29 years of age. This is made clear in research by Salary.lk, conducted in 2023.

Highest salary for civil engineering technicians with 15 years of experience: LKR72,632 to LKR151,786 per month

Based on our survey, workers with 15 years of work experience earn the highest salary: between LKR72,632 and LKR151,786 per month. Workers earn between LKR185 and LKR393 per hour at the start of the career, having 1 year of work experience.

Civil engineering technicians mostly male

People in this job who answered the survey are mostly between 24 and 29 years of age. Among the people in this job who share information on their wages and working conditions, most are male. 40% of people in this job are parents of at least 1 child.

Average working week of 42 hours

Employees work 42 hours per week on average. According to our survey, coverage by collective bargaining among workers in this occupation is set at 5%. 95% are not covered by a collective agreement.

57% of workers in this occupation state that they have a permanent contract for the work that they are doing. 43% of people in this job state that they have no permanent contract for their job. 36% of all participating workers work in a multinational organisation. 66% of employees 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. In most cases, people in this job report that the majority of their coworkers are male.

The survey shows that 10% of the employees feel highly satisfied about their position. In general, most people in this job are satisfied with their position. This is the case for 34% of the people in this job.

Of all surveyed workers in this occupation, 22% feel highly dissatisfied about their salary. Generally, 29% of the employees report they are in between satisfied and dissatisfied with their salary.

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