\u201cThe higher monthly average trend is likely to continue, in line with the anticipated public sector wage increases,\u201d said Mike Sch\u00fcssler, chief economist at Economists dotcoza.<\/p>\n
The BDSI median salary shows that 50% of individuals with monthly take-home salaries paid into their bank accounts took home at least R9,679 in May.<\/p>\n
BankservAfrica said it can reflect on four years of data, which reveals some interesting trends.<\/p>\n The number of people receiving less than R4,000 per month in their disposable salary is now under 17%, down from around 21% four years ago.<\/p>\n This lowest take-home pay group saw a decline of nearly 13% over the same period, which indicates that people are moving out of this category.<\/p>\n The next group of salaries measured over a four year period are the category receiving between R4,001 and R10,000 into their bank accounts. This group has declined from 43.3% of the total to just under 35% of the total.<\/p>\n Previously, this was the biggest group, but now forms the second largest group of people. It has declined by 11.4% since May 2012, BankservAfrica said.<\/p>\n The largest group of people get between R10,001 and R25,000 paid into their accounts, and make up 38.3% of this category that has also seen growth of over 45% in the four years to May 2016.<\/p>\n The number of people earning a disposable salary of over R25,000, but below R50,000, has increased by 60% compared to May 2012, when this category made up less than 6%. They now make up 8.6% of the total.<\/p>\n Those earning a disposable salary of between R50,001 and R100,000 more than doubled, growing with 104.9% over the last four years. While the base is small, they now make up just less than 2% of the total sample.<\/p>\n The final salaries category \u2013 which is not used in calculated averages or medians \u2013 is those who take home over R100,000, which grew by 218.4%, BankservAfrica said.<\/p>\n It cautioned that many of these payments are often retrenchment packages and once-off bonuses.<\/p>\n “Nonetheless, in 2013 this category was made up of 5 000 people and has increased to over 11,000 people now,” it said.<\/p>\n Take-home pay, however, just kept pace with official inflation over the last four years with consumers now feeling the pinch of higher taxes and medical insurance, the report said.<\/p>\n How much money the average person in South Africa gets paid<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n South African salaries in 2016: what people earn<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n![\"Broad](\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Broad-take-home-category.png\")
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\n Disposable income category Rands per month<\/th>\n % Change in number of employees per salary band since May 2012<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n \n R0 – R4 000<\/td>\n -12.7%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n R4 001 – R10 000<\/td>\n -11.4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n R10 001 – R25 000<\/td>\n 45.4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n R25 001 – R50 000<\/td>\n 60.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n R50 001 – R100 000<\/td>\n 104.9%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n R100 001+<\/td>\n 218.4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n More on wages in South Africa<\/h3>\n