{"id":169695,"date":"2017-04-10T19:00:25","date_gmt":"2017-04-10T17:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=169695"},"modified":"2017-04-10T17:02:51","modified_gmt":"2017-04-10T15:02:51","slug":"the-fields-of-study-that-will-get-you-the-highest-starting-salary-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/lifestyle\/169695\/the-fields-of-study-that-will-get-you-the-highest-starting-salary-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"The fields of study that will get you the highest starting salary in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"

New data from Analytico,\u00a0a data and earnings analytic consultancy, shows how much a degree and specialist majors can impact the earning potential of starting salaries in four major fields of study.<\/p>\n

Previous data from the group showed that a people who earned a matric certificate can expect to be paid almost double the salary of someone who has not completed high school.<\/p>\n

Tertiary education is key according to Analytico’s data, with even a tertiary certificate resulting in a 67% jump in potential earnings \u2013 while a bachelor\u2019s degree could see a 330% jump in earnings.<\/p>\n

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Level of Education<\/th>\nGross Income per month<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
No Schooling<\/td>\nR1 704<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Some Primary School (Grade 1 \u2013 7 incomplete)<\/td>\nR1 867<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Completed Primary School (Grade 7)<\/td>\nR1 946<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Some Secondary Education (Grade 8 \u2013 Grade 12 incomplete)<\/td>\nR2 660<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Grade 12<\/td>\nR4 977<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Grade 12 with Certificate<\/td>\nR8 326<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Grade 12 with Diploma<\/td>\nR13 378<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bachelor\u2019s degree<\/td>\nR21 527<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The group has published new data looking at the earning potential of specific majors across four fields of study.<\/p>\n

Analytico’s data is based off a sample of over 93,600 university graduates, who supplied salary information and other insights.<\/p>\n

It should be noted that the salary figures are not occupation-specific, but rather attempts to provide a broad picture of what graduates with a particular degree can expect to earn each month.<\/p>\n

The infographics below show the earning potential of a grade 12 (matric certificate) versus a general bachelor’s degree and specific majors.<\/p>\n

The data is ordered from lowest to highest earning potential.<\/p>\n

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Social sciences<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Life sciences and physical sciences<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Business and management sciences<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Engineering and engineering technology<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Read:\u00a0How much you could earn based on your level of education in South Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New data from Analytico shows how much a degree and specialist majors can impact the earning potential of starting salaries in four major fields of study.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":169717,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9876,9880],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-169695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","category-wealth","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169695"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169695\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":169715,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169695\/revisions\/169715"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}