Petrina Francis, Staff Reporter
'Probably in another 10 years or so you will see a major shift in the distribution of females.'
CHARLES CLAYTON, research and co-operation manager at the Jamaica Employers' Federation (JEF) predicts that in the next ten years, there will be more female than male managers in the labour force.
Mr. Clayton's prediction was based on the findings of the JEF 2005 Wages and Salaries Survey. Eighty-three companies participated in the survey.
The survey was conducted over the period June to September 2005. Sixty-four per cent of the executives surveyed were males while 36 per cent were females.
But Mr. Clayton noted that this trend is likely to change as there are currently more females in middle management positions and more females are accessing higher education.
"So probably in another 10 years or so you will see a major shift in the distribution of females, as the highest guard begins to change".
He was speaking yesterday at the presentation of the 2005 Wages and Salaries Survey, held at the Ministry of Labour's North Street offices in Kingston.
Mr. Clayton said on average companies increased the salaries of employees by approximately 10.8 per cent last year.
The lowest salary reported in the non-management group was $75,000 for an apprentice, while the highest was $3.2 million for a programme assistant in the media sector.
And in the management group, the lowest salary reported was $336,000 for an office manager, while the highest was $13 million for a chief executive in the wholesale, distributive sector.
